‘Look, learn, discover’: NASA’s first African-American deputy administrator recalls experiences in Vietnam, space at ASF scholarship ceremony
Fred Gregory’s first time in an aircraft didn’t take him off the ground.
NASA administrator supports Trump ‘space force’ proposal
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine expressed full support Monday for President Donald Trump’s proposed military “Space Force” but added that it will have a role separate from NASA.
A star-bound dad: Astronaut candidate has ties to Lowndes County
Cat Hines gets to feel pretty cool these days.
That’s because her father, Bob, is one of 12 people — from an initial field of more than 18,300 — to be named astronaut candidates for NASA’s space program.
New NASA photos show massive rocket explosion in Virginia
The launch of an unmanned commercial supply rocket on the eastern shore of Virginia was supposed to be a moment of celebration for NASA.
NASA launches new Orion spacecraft and new era
NASA’s new Orion spacecraft streaked into orbit Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars.
Russians deliver space station cargo after U.S. flop
The company behind the dramatic launch explosion of a space station supply mission promises to find the cause of the failure and is warning residents to avoid any potentially hazardous wreckage.
Supply rocket headed to space station explodes
An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening.
NASA’s Maven explorer arrives at Mars after a year
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ago. The robotic
Buzz Aldrin: Where were you when I walked on moon?
On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin was “out of town” when the world united and rejoiced in a way never seen before or since.
He and Neil Armstrong were on the moon.
NASA to test giant Mars parachute on Earth
The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designed to land heavy loads on the red planet.
NASA cuts ties with Russia
After insisting that space relations wouldn’t be altered by earthly politics, NASA on Wednesday said it was severing ties with Russia except for the International Space Station.
NOAA: 2013 was fourth hottest on record
The sweltering year of 1988 first put global warming in the headlines and ended up as the hottest year on record. But on Tuesday, it was pushed out of the top 20 warmest by 2013.
Last year tied for the fourth hottest and 1988 fell to 21st.
Senate easily passes $1.1T spending bill
Congress sent President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill Thursday, easing the harshest effects of last year’s automatic budget cuts after tea party critics chastened by October’s partial shutdown mounted only a faint protest.
NASA launching robotic explorer to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest Martian explorer is on its launch pad in Florida, ready to soar. The Maven spacecraft was scheduled to blast
No place like home? Study finds 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets
WASHINGTON — Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of
New commercial supply ship reaches space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest delivery service made its first-ever shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, another triumph for the booming commercial
NASA: Voyager 1 has left the solar system
LOS ANGELES — NASA’s Voyager 1 probe has left the solar system, boldly going where no machine has gone before. Thirty-six years after it rocketed
NASA aiming for moon again, this time from Va.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is headed back to the moon, this time to explore its thin atmosphere and rough dust. The robotic spacecraft LADEE
NASA still perplexed by astronaut’s flooded helmet
The spacewalking astronaut who came close to drowning in a flooded helmet searched for clues in his spacesuit Wednesday, in hopes of understanding the unprecedented water leak.
Space shuttle Atlantis ‘go’ for public viewing
CAPE CANAVERAL — The last space shuttle to soar makes its museum debut this weekend, and it’s the belle of NASA’s retirement ball. The Atlantis