NASA

Private spaceship tests underway in Va. and Calif.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Colorado company developing a spaceship to take astronauts to the International Space Station is having its spacecraft undergo a series of landing-focused tests at NASA facilities in Virginia and California. […]

2013/05/16

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says an impromptu spacewalk seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station. The “gusher” erupted last Thursday. Two days later, spacewalking astronauts replaced a […]

2013/05/16

NASA telescope’s planet-hunting days may be over

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing a mission that opened up whole new possibilities on life outside the solar system. If engineers can’t find a fix, the malfunction could […]

2013/05/15

Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2013 so far

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year. The powerful flare occurred Sunday and erupted on the side of the sun that was not facing […]

2013/05/13

Ammonia leak in Long Beach

LONG BEACH (CNS) – A smell of ammonia drew Long Beach Fire Department HazMat units to a cold storage facility in the area of Anaheim Street and Daisy Avenue this morning and prompted authorities to […]

2013/05/13

Spacewalking repair halts station leak – for now

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak. The prospects of success grew […]

2013/05/11

NASA: Spacewalk planned to fix space station leak

WASHINGTON (AP) – Two astronauts will make a precedent-setting spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station. Spacewalks are rarely done on such short notice, […]

2013/05/10

Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space. NASA announced its latest contract with the Russian Space Agency on Tuesday.

2013/04/30

A hurricane at Saturn's North Pole (Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Hampton University)

Monster hurricane watch at Saturn’s North Pole

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn’s North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across. Watch a NASA-narrated video about it here.

2013/04/29

Rocket that will carry cargo ship test launched

ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) — A company contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station successfully launched a rocket on Sunday in a test of its ability to send a cargo ship aloft.

2013/04/21

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