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Historic eclipse turns day into night across the U.S.

Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

SpaceX launches experiments, ice cream to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A SpaceX capsule rocketed to the International Space Station on Monday, carrying tons of science research, plus ice cream. As has become customary on these ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. in rare bull’s-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It will be tough eclipsing this eclipse. The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on Aug. 21, turning day into night for a few wondrous ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NASA orders up urgent spacewalking repairs at space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has ordered up urgent spacewalking repairs at the International Space Station. On Tuesday, two astronauts will venture out to replace a data relay box ...

DATE: May 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Last adventure ahead for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft at Saturn

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft faces one last perilous adventure around Saturn. Cassini swings past Saturn’s mega moon Titan early Saturday for a gravity-assiste...

DATE: Apr 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spacecraft embarks on Saturn ring-skimming mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Consider it a cosmic carousel with countless rings up for grabs. NASA’s Saturn-orbiting spacecraft, Cassini, has begun an unprecedented mission to skim the ...

DATE: Nov 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Universe may have as many as 2 trillion galaxies

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Thought the universe was crowded with 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies? Try 1 trillion or even 2 trillion galaxies and more. That’s the latest census, re...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

C’mon and fly me to Mars

SpaceX boss hopes to send 1M colonists to red planet

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Planetary painting

Pluto may be giving Charon its reddish polar caps

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

SpaceX puzzled by explosion

CEO says company still investigating

DATE: Sep 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Explosion rocks SpaceX launch pad in Florida during test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A massive explosion rocked a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a routine rocket test for a planned weekend launch. There were no injuries, but the rocket an...

DATE: Sep 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NASA opens door for guests

Astronauts install new docking port on space station

DATE: Aug 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World