SpaceX is one of three companies NASA is designating to build spacecraft capable of taking humans to the moon. Yesterday, U.S. Representative Filemon Vega’s office issued a statement saying it is great news for Brownsville and Cameron County. SpaceX is already in the process of constructing vehicles at its Boca Chica site, which will be […]
VP Pence Says America Will Lead In Space Again
August 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(Houston, TX) — Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. will once again lead the world in space exploration.
NASA’s Probe Headed For Sun After Sunday Launch
August 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(Cape Canaveral, FL) — A NASA mission that will come closer to the sun than ever before is underway.
NASA Names Astronauts For Commercial Test Flights
August 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(Houston, TX) — We now know the names of the astronauts who will be the first to fly spacecraft owned by commercial companies.
NASA Plans Announcement Of Astronauts For Commercial Spacecraft
August 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(Houston, TX) — NASA plans to announce on Friday the names of the astronauts who will fly on the space agency’s first commercial crew flights.
NASA To Announce The Astronauts For First Commercial Space Vehicles
July 26, 2018 by Leave a Comment
(Houston, TX) — On Friday of next week, NASA will announce the astronauts who will fly in the first flight tests of a pair of commercial spacecraft.
NASA Testing Orion Space Capsule Parachute In Arizona Desert
December 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
(Yuma, AZ) — Parachutes for the Orion spacecraft are being tested today in the Arizona desert.
Support From Texas For Trump’s Space Directive
December 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment
(Houston, TX) — Several Texas congressmen are on board with President Donald Trump’s new directive for NASA.
Why an Astronaut Almost Drowned in Space
February 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A new report says the near-drowning of a spacewalking Italian astronaut working outside the International Space Station could have been avoided if NASA hadn’t missed an earlier problem with his spacesuit. Although station astronauts found water after Luca Parmitano participated in spacewalk 22, they assumed it was anomaly. “You can’t take anything for granted. What […]
TTU Student & NASA Astronaut Greets Area Teachers
June 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba, who currently is a distance learning graduate student at Texas Tech University, spoke with area middle school math and science teachers today (June 24) at the Fourth Annual (MS)2 Conference at the International Cultural Center.
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