Partial lunar eclipse happening tonight
A deep partial lunar eclipse is happening tonight as the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow. The partial phase begins around 9:30 p.m. and will last over three hours. Experts with…
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NASA names Joseph Schuyler as deputy director of Stennis Space Center
NASA has named Joseph R. Schuyler as the next deputy director of the agency’s Stennis Space Center. In this role, Schuyler will assist the center director in managing NASA’s primary rocket propulsion testing capabilities, which help the agency’s missions sustain…
Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket. The space agency released before-and-after photos of the impact area on Tuesday. The…
Rescue mission is called off for NASA’s aging Swift space telescope
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news more than a month after…
Radiation vest tested on NASA moonshot can cut astronauts’ exposure in solar storms, study suggests
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA’s first Artemis moonshot could drastically cut the radiation exposure of lunar astronauts during severe solar storms. Scientists reported Wednesday on the radiation-shielding…
Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of an aging and sinking NASA telescope has run into its own problem. Katalyst Space Technologies said Tuesday that its Link satellite is experiencing thruster problems and has gone…
Blue Origin to test rocket at NASA Stennis
Blue Origin is making its return to Stennis Space Center as the company plans to test its new Glenn Rocket at the B2 test stand. In a statement…
Far above the Earth, NASA’s Apollo lunar lander put astronauts on the moon
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — America’s most daring, extraordinary feat — landing astronauts on the moon — remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere. Ever. And the lunar lander — a groundbreaking piece of America — is up there…
Artemis II astronauts reunite with their moonship 3 months after record-breaking flight
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts reunited with their capsule Wednesday three months after flying around the moon and traveling deeper into space than anyone in history. It was their first visit to Kennedy Space Center since…
Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to Earth
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The Pegasus…
Last-minute launch problem delays satellite rescue mission for NASA
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem. Northrop Grumman’s rocket-launching plane took off from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific on Thursday, following…
NASA races to save Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of…
NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landing
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN NEW YORK (AP) — NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon. The announcement came two months after Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around…
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. Launched in 2013 to study…
NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II’s record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base…
MS to the Moon: L3 Harris Technologies build engines, advance technology
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- In our Mississippi to the Moon series, we have spent the last few weeks diving into the groundbreaking work happening at…
Neptune’s mysterious moon Nereid may be an original, study shows
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Neptune’s far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet’s original companions that managed to survive a cosmic crash, scientists reported Wednesday. Sixteen known moons circle Neptune, our solar system’s eighth and most distant…
MS to the Moon: NASA Stennis support facilities play vital role in Artemis engine testing
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) -- Last week, in our Mississippi to the Moon series, we took you inside the Fred Haise…
Spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA’s Webb telescope
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. The image released this week depicts the Messier 77 galaxy 45 million light-years away in the…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029. Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the…
NASA drops Artemis II space snapshots
During their ten-day trip around the moon, the crew of Artemis II snaped images of the Earth, Moon, stars, and solar system in dazzling clarity. NASA posted more than 12,000…
NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began. NASA’s Artemis II capsule returned to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, almost a month after blasting off on humanity’s first lunar trip…
Behind the scenes look at NASA Stennis Space Center in Hancock County
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) -- In light of the success of the Artemis II mission, we are taking a deep-dive into the people and places that…