CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The universe is providing a full moon this weekend for the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing, and many other events are also honoring the special day. Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin‘s giant leap. Aldrin, 94, the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew, is presiding over a… Read More »
“The Great Food Truck Race” kicked off its 17th season on the Food Network by landing at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. Host and celebrity chef Tyler Florence welcomed nine first-time food truck teams to George S. Abbey Rocket Park to get a sneak peek of their trucks and compete in their first competition,… Read More »
When Suni Williams was assigned to fly on the Boeing Starliner aircraft in 2018, no one predicted it would be a six-year wait. The veteran NASA astronaut and former U.S. Navy test pilot spoke March 22 about the “emotional rollercoaster” the Starliner team has experienced since then through two uncrewed test flights, the pandemic and… Read More »
The first Spanish woman in space has now become the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States’ highest honor. Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony held at the White House on Friday, May 3. Ochoa became the 10th… Read More »
The “flies” are ready to fly, so NASA needs some new flyers (and girls) again. On the same day that the space agency welcomed its newest class of astronauts, nicknamed “The Flies,” NASA announced that it is again accepting applications for the next group of candidates for flights to the International Space Station, the Moon,… Read More »
Move over, moon rocks: There’s a new kind of space rock on display at Space Center Houston. The official visitor center of NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Friday, March 1, became only the second place in the world where the public can view a sample of asteroid Bennu collected and returned to Earth by the… Read More »
Three NASA astronauts and their Russian cosmonaut teammates flew to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday to prepare for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Friday, kicking off a planned six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station. Crew 8 commander flies from Johnson Space Center in Houston Matthew Dominickco-pilot Michael Barratt, Jeanette… Read More »
The International Space Station could continue flying after 2030. A senior NASA official said there is “no major concern” about the health of the International Space Station (ISS) that would require an operational shutdown six years after the current agreement between most ISS partners expires. “Nothing magical is going to happen in 2030,” Steve Stich,… Read More »
Of all the freeze-dried, heat-stabilized and ready-to-use foods she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris’ personal favorite was cherry-blueberry cobbler. Kloeris, who has been a food scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for 34 years, not only enjoyed the cobbler but also helped develop it. “We weren’t actually doing any product development during… Read More »