AP Interview: NASA chief big on climate, hedges on moon date

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency's workforce, but hedging on whether the U.S. can put astronauts on the moon by 2024.
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NASA's new chief big on climate, hedges on 2024 moon landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency's workforce, but hedging on whether the U.S. can put astronauts on the moon by 2024.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle right before the Challenger accident to lead NASA.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle right before the Challenger accident to lead NASA.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle right before the Challenger accident to lead NASA.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle right before the Challenger accident to lead NASA.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

RIP: Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature.
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Blue Origin launches capsule to space with astronaut perks

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company launched a new capsule into space Thursday to test all the astronaut perks before people strap in.
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Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station bid adieu Tuesday to 12 bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

World's space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return to Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has named the 18 astronauts — half of them women — who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Test flight of SpaceX's Starship aborted at last second

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX’s futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

SpaceX capsules parked side-by-side at station for 1st time

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX supply ship bearing Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, parking alongside another Dragon capsule that carried up astronauts three weeks ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Double Dragons: SpaceX launches space station supplies

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched a newer, bigger version of its Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first time the company has two capsules in orbit at the same time.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew said Thursday that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than NASA's shuttles or Russian flights.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Spacewalking astronauts prep for 2021 arrival of Russian lab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station’s two Russian astronauts began spacewalking work Wednesday to prepare for next year’s arrival of a long-delayed lab, but had to scrap another chore because of a stubborn bolt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX flying ex-football players, flight controller, Scout

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s second crew has two military officers who played college football, a former space shuttle flight controller, and the first person in decades to launch aboard three kinds of rocketships.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX flying ex-football players, flight controller, Scout

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s second crew has two military officers who played college football, a former space shuttle flight controller, and the first person in decades to launch aboard three kinds of rocketships.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts closes in on space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts closed in Monday on the International Space Station, their new home until spring.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX flying ex-football players, flight controller, Scout

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s second crew has two military officers who played college football, a former space shuttle flight controller, and the first person in decades to launch aboard three kinds of rocketships.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of high wind and weather conditions that could jeopardize the recovery and recycling of the rocket booster, pushing the launch to Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX flying ex-football players, flight controller, Scout

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s second crew has two military officers who played college football, a former space shuttle flight controller, and the first person in decades to launch aboard three kinds of rocketships.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Astronauts board SpaceX rocket for night launch, no Musk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts climbed aboard a SpaceX rocket Sunday for a night ride to the International Space Station, with the prospects of good weather improving but the company’s leader sidelined by COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX aims for night crew launch, Musk sidelined by virus

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined by COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of high wind and weather conditions that could jeopardize the recovery and recycling of the rocket booster, pushing the launch to Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of high wind and weather conditions that could jeopardize the recovery and recycling of the rocket booster, pushing the launch to Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of high wind and weather conditions that could jeopardize the recovery and recycling of the rocket booster, pushing the launch to Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX's Musk gets mixed virus tests on eve of crew launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX chief Elon Musk may have to steer clear of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after getting mixed COVID-19 test results on the eve of his company’s second crew launch.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Report: NASA needs more time, money to bring back Mars rocks

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is underestimating the amount of time and money it will take to bring Mars rocks back to Earth in the coming decade, an independent panel said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Astronauts arrive at launch site for 2nd SpaceX crew flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Astronauts arrive at launch site for 2nd SpaceX crew flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Astronauts arrive at launch site for 2nd SpaceX crew flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX's 2nd crew flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Space station marking 20 years of people living in orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station was a cramped, humid, puny three rooms when the first crew moved in. Twenty years and 241 visitors later, the complex has a lookout tower, three toilets, six sleeping compartments and 12 rooms, depending on how you count.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Asteroid samples tucked into capsule for return to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft tucked more than 2 pounds of asteroid samples into a capsule for return to Earth after losing some of its precious loot because of a jammed lid, scientists said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Red coating contaminates SpaceX rockets, delays crew launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s second astronaut flight is off until mid-November because red lacquer dripped into tiny vent holes in two rocket engines that now must be replaced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Moon holds more water in more places than ever thought

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected. And for the first time, the presence of water on the moon’s sunlit surface has been confirmed, scientists reported Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Moon may hold frozen water in more places than suspected

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected, good news for astronauts at future lunar bases who could tap into these resources for drinking and making rocket fuel, scientists reported Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

NASA spacecraft sent asteroid rubble flying in sample grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft crushed rocks and sent rubble flying as it briefly touched an asteroid, a strong indication that samples were collected for return to Earth, officials said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NASA spacecraft sent asteroid rubble flying in sample grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft crushed rocks and sent rubble flying as it briefly touched an asteroid, a strong indication that samples were collected for return to Earth, officials said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

US spacecraft touches asteroid surface for rare rubble grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

US spacecraft touches asteroid for rare rubble grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

US spacecraft diving to asteroid for rare rubble grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended Tuesday toward the surface of an asteroid 200 million miles away to collect a handful of rubble for return to Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

US spaceraft diving to asteroid surface for rare rubble grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended Tuesday toward the surface of an asteroid 200 million miles away to collect a handful of rubble for return to Earth.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for return

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After almost two years circling an ancient asteroid hundreds of millions of miles away, a NASA spacecraft this week will attempt to descend to the treacherous, boulder-packed surface and snatch a handful of rubble.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NASA's new moonshot rules: No fighting or littering, please

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moonshot rules: No fighting and littering. And no trespassing at historic lunar landmarks like Apollo 11′s Tranquility Base.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The jig may be up for an “asteroid” that’s expected to get nabbed by Earth’s gravity and become a mini moon next month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NASA's next Mars rover is brawniest and brainiest one yet

NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover headed to Mars
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SpaceX on cusp of launching astronauts, back on home turf

SpaceX is on the cusp of launching NASA astronauts into orbit, a first for a private company
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX ready to launch NASA astronauts, back on home turf

A SpaceX rocket is ready to boost two NASA astronauts into orbit from Kennedy Space Center
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Going stir crazy? Then train like an astronaut, mimic space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Isolated at home? Then train like an astronaut.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Going stir crazy? Then train like an astronaut, mimic space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Isolated at home? Then train like an astronaut.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

No family, fanfare for NASA astronaut launching next month

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA astronaut who's about to leave the planet for six months will blast off without any family or fanfare because of the coronavirus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover, died Wednesday at age 88.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

It's cloudy with a chance of iron rain at hot, faraway world

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — At one hot, faraway world, it's always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX successfully launched another load of station supplies for NASA late Friday night and nailed its 50th rocket landing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX successfully launched another load of station supplies for NASA late Friday night and nailed its 50th rocket landing.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX successfully launched another load of station supplies for NASA late Friday night and nailed its 50th rocket landing.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Supermoon plus eclipse equals rare sky show tonight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Get ready for a rare double feature, starring our very own moon.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Conditions on Pluto: Incredibly hazy with flowing ice

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Cosmic construction complete

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Broadening their resumes

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Failure to launch

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'Close, but no cigar this time'

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

NASA reschedules Orion launch due to weather

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

NASA still perplexed by flooded space helmet

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Spacewalking repair halts station leak - for now

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Private company to supply space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday. Flight controllers managed to gain control, but were forced to delay its arrival at the orbiting lab.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Direct hit, near miss show danger of meteors

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Survivors moving on

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - He was just 8 when NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia and he lost his astronaut mom.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Closest planet to the sun, Mercury, harbors ice

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole - on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Skydiver aims to break sound barrier in free fall

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

A new (corporate) frontier

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'We've had a cutoff'

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Great beyond going private

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

The start of a long journey

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

An eye to the sky

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Look out below? Maybe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It's just that if they're off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on New York. Or, say, Iran or India.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

NASA explorer begins 5-year trip to Jupiter

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A sun-powered robotic explorer named Juno is rocketing toward Jupiter on a fresh quest to discover the secret recipe for making planets.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Last shuttle leaves space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The last space shuttle is headed home.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Vatican calling

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Pope Benedict XVI had a direct line to the heavens Saturday, with NASA's help.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

First American in space honored

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Fifty years to the moment Alan Shepard rocketed away, more than 100 Project Mercury workers joined former astronauts and NASA leaders at the original Redstone launch pad Thursday to celebrate the event that opened space travel to Americans.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Museums vie to get retired space shuttles

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch draws near, the focus is not so much on the past but the future: Where will the shuttles wind up once the program winds down?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Obama asks NASA crew about robot

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The 12 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex had to explain to a higher authority Thursday why they hadn't yet unpacked R2, the first humanoid robot in space.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Discovery arrives at space station for last time

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, making its final visit before being parked at a museum.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Most traveled space shuttle ready for final launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After 143 million miles and nearly a year all told in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is poised to blast off one last time today.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

NASA fuels Discovery to test for cracks in tank

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery at the pad Friday, not for a flight but for tests to help understand mysterious cracks that appeared in the fuel tank during a launch attempt last month.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Shuttle launch delayed again due to fuel leak

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery's final voyage is off until at least the end of the month because of a large fuel leak that forced yet another launch delay.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Repairs delay Discovery's final launch another day

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Last-minute leak repairs have again pushed back space shuttle Discovery's final launch, this time until Wednesday.
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Atlantis crew relaxes after spacewalks

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Atlantis' six astronauts got a little down time up in orbit Saturday on the eve of their departure from the International Space Station.
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Astronauts forced into shorter shuttle survey

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A snagged cable forced Atlantis' astronauts to resort to a more inconvenient and less comprehensive method of inspecting their space shuttle Saturday as they sped toward a weekend rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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Space shuttle Atlantis soars on final voyage

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis thundered away on its final voyage to orbit Friday, hoisting an experienced crew of six and a full shipment of space station gear.
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Ready for spacewalk No. 2

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two of the astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex rested up Saturday for a second spacewalk involving hefty storage tanks, while their colleagues unloaded much smaller supplies. Spacemen Clayton Anderson and Rick Mastracchio will head back outside early today to replace an old ammonia tank at …
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NASA clears shuttle for Monday launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has cleared Discovery for a Monday morning launch to the International Space Station, the last scheduled liftoff in darkness for the soon-to-retire shuttle program. Mission managers met Saturday and gave the "go" to proceed toward liftoff. The unanimous decision came after engineers determined there were …
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