New NASA Plane Could Eliminate Gas-guzzling Airliners
At NASA, an experiment is underway that could upend the aviation industry: A fully electric plane.
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At NASA, an experiment is underway that could upend the aviation industry: A fully electric plane.
Less than three weeks after Scott Kelly returned from his record-breaking space expedition, three astronauts docked at the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin, replaced Kelly and two cosmonauts from the Russian Federal Space Agency, who completed their mission on March 1.
The telescope, which was launched into orbit in 1990, has gazed at a galaxy called GN-z11.
Some of those in closest contact with Scott Kelly are local researchers.
According to a new study, planet Earth is not just one planet. It is actually two planets.
SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more astounding feat, it landed the 15-story leftover booster back on Earth safely.
NASA opened its astronaut-application website Monday. It's accepting applications through Feb. 18.
A NASA rocket launch early Wednesday night will likely create a interesting show in the sky along the Eastern seaboard, as Eyewitness News Meteorologist Lauren Casey shows us.
The camp is sponsored by the Bernard Harris Foundation. Harris overcame a rough start to become a NASA astronaut, the first African-American to walk in space, and he wanted to help others do the same.
The accident occurred about 2 1/2 minutes into the flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Pieces could be seen falling into the Atlantic.
The space agency set up shop today at the Franklin Institute, aiming to educate the public about research aboard the International Space Station and how it benefits us back here on Earth.
The students are part of the "Council Rock United with NASA to Create Hardware" program, or "CRUNCH."
During a panel discussion discussing water sources in the universe, NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan stated that she believes humans could come in contact with the first iterations of alien life by the year 2025.
It's no surprise that many right wing conservatives have questioned the validity of climate change, and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz's position is no different.
The largest moon in the solar system harbors a salty ocean beneath its icy shell, the latest member to join a growing club of watery moons, NASA said Thursday.
Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Technology is providing students outside Washington with unique exposure to opportunities in the sciences.
The owners of a commercial supply ship that exploded moments after liftoff promised to find the cause of the failed delivery mission to the International Space Station.
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This year marks the 45th anniversary of the 1969 landing on the moon and the realization of President Kennedy's dream.
A group of middle school students, at Temple University for a two-week science camp, were playing the role of NASA engineers.
A rocket carrying a NASA satellite lit up the pre-dawn skies Wednesday on a mission to track atmospheric carbon dioxide, the chief culprit behind global warming.
Zero gravity isn't something most of us will ever experience, but some students at one Bucks County high school got to do just that recently.
Skywatchers are waking up early to try to catch a glimpse of a recently discovered comet as it passes through this part of the solar system.
Keep your eye on the sky Tuesday, because you will be able to see a Minotaur rocket launch that is scheduled for tonight and will put 29 satellites into space for the U.S. Air Force.
To be exact, Celest-jewel-ale contains crushed lunar meteorites that have been made into dust then steeped "like tea in a rich, malty Oktoberfest."
