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Tag Archives: NASA
Asteroid Buzzes, Misses Earth -- Not So For Meteor
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth's backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's … Continue reading
Photos, Video: Watch Endeavour Fly Over the Golden Gate
(AP) Rather than roaring to space on an elevator of flame, the shuttle Endeavour's final flight Friday was a leisurely, low-altitude journey past the iconic Golden Gate Bridge and Hollywood sign as well as other California landmarks. The workhorse rode … Continue reading
Space Shuttle Endeavour Flies by KQED
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We here at KQED ran to the roof this morning to watch the space shuttle Endeavour fly around San Francisco. It looped around the building twice at 10:30 a.m. before heading down along the coast to Southern California. The actual … Continue reading
Postcards from Mars: NASA Displays Images From the Curiosity Rover
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NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed successfully on Mars Sunday night, has started beaming back its first photos. The Ames center in Mountain View designed the robot's chemical and mineralogy (CheMin) instrument and made other key contributions. NASA engineers, who were … Continue reading
NASA Rover Curiosity Lands on Mars
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by Alicia Chang PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet … Continue reading
NASA Robot Approaches Mars
If all goes well, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Sunday, NASA’s Curiosity Lander will touch down on the surface of Mars, ending a 352-million-mile journey that began last November. That’s a big “if.” NASA engineers have half-jokingly referred to … Continue reading
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Earth-Sized Planets; Video: Watch Narrated Overview
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NASA scientists, including astronomers from NASA Ames and UC Berkeley, today announced they've discovered two rocky planets, each about the same size as Earth, orbiting a star almost 1,000 light years away. The Kepler project uses a space-based telescope to … Continue reading
NASA’s New Mars "Curiosity" Rover Launching Saturday
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NASA’s newest astrobiology mission to Mars called the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is set to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Saturday, November 26th. The one hour and 43 minute launch window opens at 10:02 a.m. … Continue reading
Video Replay: Launch of Last Space Shuttle Mission
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The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off this morning, embarking on NASA's last shuttle mission. Here's a replay of the launch from ABC News: Live mission coverage from NASA:
