NASA
Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step
Middle East
April 30, 2021
Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — An electronics engineer from Gaza, Loay Elbasyouni, had worked with the NASA team that…
Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival
World
April 24, 2021
Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of…
SpaceX rocketship launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station
World
April 23, 2021
SpaceX rocketship launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station
NASA and Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space…
NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
Science
April 19, 2021
NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of…
Egyptian researcher receives NASA patent to save energy in space
Egypt
April 8, 2021
Egyptian researcher receives NASA patent to save energy in space
Egypt’s Ayman Ragab, a space science researcher currently located in Finland, has had a patent approved by NASA for his…
Mars on Earth: Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet
Middle East
March 10, 2021
Mars on Earth: Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet
LAKE SALDA, Turkey (Reuters) – As NASA’s rover Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient…
Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message
World
February 24, 2021
Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret…
SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands
World
December 10, 2020
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…
SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station
World
November 17, 2020
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…
2020′s final Mars mission poised for blastoff from Florida
World
July 30, 2020
2020′s final Mars mission poised for blastoff from Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The summer’s third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA’s most elaborate life-hunting rover…