Tag Archives: NASA

  • News spacex

    SpaceX ‘Dragon’ capsule returns from ISS trip, falls into Pacific

    SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashed into the Pacific Tuesday after reaching the International Space Station this month.

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog This map created by Mike Hankey of the American Meteor Society depicts the sighting reports of the March 22, 2013, fireball that lit up the East Coast night sky.
CREDIT: Mike Hankey/American Meteor Society

    NASA: meteor spotted Friday in Virginia was a boulder-sized asteroid

    The Friday fireball was spotted from the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeast.

  • News

    Did you see a meteor Friday night?

    CBS 6 News received multiple calls concerning a possible meteor around 8 p.m.

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog NASA

    NASA expects a double-peaked Solar Max cycle

    2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, but solar activity is much lower than expected. At least one leading forecaster expects the sun to rebound with a double-peaked maximum later this year.

  • News NASAlogo

    Chinese contractor at NASA Langley seized boarding plane

    A Chinese aerospace contractor, who one senior lawmaker suspects is a spy, made his first appearance in federal court on Monday.

  • News Mars Rocks Could Have Supported Life

    NASA: Yes, Mars Could Have Hosted Life

    Curiosity, humanity’s most powerful rover to land on Mars, has made a startling discovery: Conditions that could have supported life once existed there.

  • News Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet

    Two comets expected to soar over Northern Hemisphere

    Two comets are expected to put on a naked-eye spectacle for sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere.

  • News spacexdragon

    Thruster glitch delays ISS arrival for SpaceX’s Dragon capsule

    SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon cargo capsule suffered a temporary glitch with its thrusters after it achieved orbit Friday — a development that will delay its arrival at the International Space Station.

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog RussianMeteor

    NASA: What exploded over Russia?

    This was not a crashing plane or a rocket attack. It was the most powerful meteor strike in more than a hundred years.

  • News mars

    Mars 2018 or bust funded by millionaire Tito

    His organization’s new idea is to get to Mars and back in 501 days.

  • News Dragon Berthed to the Space Station

    NASA loses communication with Space Station

    The space agency says it is only able to communicate every 90 minutes

  • News asteroid

    WATCH LIVE: Asteroid speeds past Earth

    An asteroid is set to speed by Earth at about 2:25 p.m. Click to watch.