CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars. NASA’s experimental Martian helicopter holds a small swatch of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer, the space agency revealed Tuesday. The helicopter, named Ingenuity,…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA completed an engine test firing of its moon rocket Thursday, after the first attempt in January ended prematurely. This time, the four main engines of the rocket’s core stage remained ignited for the full…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface. The photo was released less…
The first private space station crew has been introduced a year ahead of the planned launch.
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is considering a second firing of its moon rocket engines after a critical test came up short over the weekend. That could bump the first flight in NASA's…
Arizona's Grand Canyon may have met its match and it's not even on this planet. NASA released this photo of a canyon on Mars, the largest canyon in our solar system. It stretches over 2,500 miles across the Martian equator…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century. Astronomers say so-called conjunctions between the two largest planets in our solar…
This photo is out of this world-- literally! Check it out. This is a sunspot-- a dark area on the sun-- taken by what scientists say is the world's most advanced solar telescope. The detail in the picture is remarkable…
By SETH BORENSTEIN A flash of luck helped astronomers solve a cosmic mystery: What causes powerful but fleeting radio bursts that zip and zigzag through the universe? Scientists have known about these energetic pulses — called fast radio bursts — for about…
The Tesla Roadster made its first close approach to Mars this week. The Roadster is an electric sports car with a mannequin in the driver's seat. Wednesday SpaceX tweeted that the vehicle came within five million miles of the red…
An out-of-this-world discovery; the Rosetta Mission just revealed Comet 67P has its own Northern Lights! NASA says this is the first time an ultraviolet aurora has been detected on a celestial object that isn't a moon or planet. The findings…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A fundraising drive has reached its goal of bringing in $1.5 million to save Space Camp from closing because of the coronavirus pandemic. A corporate donation of $250,000 by the technology company SAIC Inc. pushed the…
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Apollo 13's astronauts still shun superstition 50 years after their harrowing moonshot. Mission commander Jim Lovell and Fred Haise say they never gave a thought to their mission number…
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise's mission into space, the city of Biloxi is releasing two documentaries on its native son, the city announced. Biloxi Television (BTV) is debuting two films created by fellow Biloxian…
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts are performing a second all-female spacewalk to finish upgrading the International Space Station's power grid. Jessica Meir and Christina Koch were barely outside Wednesday when a…
More than 50 years after putting the first men on the moon with its Apollo program, NASA is working on an ambitious new program to go back to the moon. The program is called ‘Artemis,’ named after Apollo’s twin sister,…
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has been touring NASA sites across the United States. Today, he made a stop at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. He discussed NASA’s goals into the next few decades and what he thinks about President…
Nearly 50 years after its flight, the Apollo 4 command module has a new home at Infinity Science Center. The capsule was the first Apollo spacecraft to launch atop a Saturn five rocket on November 9, 1967. The mission ended…
One woman’s mission is to educate the public about our space program and the forest service. All of this is to honor her father, astronaut Roosa, who was aboard Apollo 14 in 1971. While on his mission, Roosa took various…
The brightest moon in almost 69 years is lighting up night skies all around the world this week. It’s called the Super Moon, a term MGCCC Instructor of Chemistry and Physics Van Stringfellow says was coined back in 1979. The…
Was Mars once home to microbial life? Is it today? Could it be a safe home for humans one day? NASA hopes to answer these questions and more on a crewed journey to Mars. But what will it take to…
As long as NASA needs engines tested to launch rockets into space, there’s no better place to test them than at Stennis Space Center. News 25’s Kristen Durand shows us how Aerojet Rocketdyne is expanding to assemble and test a…
A piece of space exploration history is coming back to life and is being used for a new mission: to educate and inspire. A piece of the Apollo 19, the rocket that sent mankind to the moon, made its way…
Mercury passes past the sun for the first time in a decade.