Science Apr 09 WATCH: Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator prioritizes sending U.S. astronauts to Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Apr 01 Bitcoin investor buys entire SpaceX flight for ultimate polar adventure A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles. By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Mar 31 WATCH: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they take some responsibility for Starliner issues in 1st news conference back on Earth Both astronauts said they would strap into Starliner again. “Because we're going to rectify all the issues that we encountered. We're going to fix them. We're going to make it work,” Wilmore said, adding he'd go back up “in a… By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Mar 20 It’s the spring equinox. What in the heavens is happening? The events have been marked and celebrated around the world for centuries. By Associated Press
Science Mar 06 Another private lunar lander has touched down on the moon, but may have fallen over Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole or lying sideways like its first spacecraft from a year ago. By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Mar 03 Watch 4:52 Blue Ghost lunar landing highlights NASA’s partnership with the private sector By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas NASA’s partnership with the private sector took a key step forward with a successful moon landing. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by the company, Firefly Aerospace, stuck the landing safely early Sunday, making it the first commercial spacecraft to… Continue watching
Mar 02 Private lunar lander successfully touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on Earth's celestial neighbor ahead of astronaut missions. Continue reading
Feb 25 Scientists (mostly) rule out this newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth in the next decade By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press There’s still a 1.7 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA. Continue reading
Feb 10 In our cosmic neighborhood, space telescope spots rare ‘Einstein ring’ of light around galaxy By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away. Continue reading
Feb 01 The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded By Timothy J McCoy, Sara Russell, The Conversation In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth. Continue reading