/tags/nasa NASA en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:55:39 GMT /news/2025-03-02/were-on-the-moon-the-private-blue-ghost-spacecraft-makes-a-historic-lunar-landing A commercial spacecraft carrying NASA experiments successfully touched down on the moon's surface early Sunday morning, ushering in a new phase of private space exploration. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:55:39 GMT /news/2025-03-02/were-on-the-moon-the-private-blue-ghost-spacecraft-makes-a-historic-lunar-landing Joe Hernandez /texas-news/2024-09-20/harris-county-astronaut-still-plans-to-vote-in-2024-election-despite-being-stranded-in-space Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election Day. Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:26:21 GMT /texas-news/2024-09-20/harris-county-astronaut-still-plans-to-vote-in-2024-election-despite-being-stranded-in-space Kyle McClenagan /environment-nature/2024-04-08/total-solar-eclipse-north-texas-cloudy-weather-cotton-bowl-dallas Overcast skies did not dampen spirits of Texans and travelers who came out to see the total solar eclipse in North and Central Texas on Monday. Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:10:04 GMT /environment-nature/2024-04-08/total-solar-eclipse-north-texas-cloudy-weather-cotton-bowl-dallas Megan Cardona /news/2023-04-17/spacex-scraps-starship-launch-at-the-last-minute-due-to-frozen-valve The 400-foot-tall, stainless steel Starship could one day shuttle humans to the moon. But getting the rocket to fly is no easy feat, and it'll be 48 hours until the team can try again, SpaceX said. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:27:39 GMT /news/2023-04-17/spacex-scraps-starship-launch-at-the-last-minute-due-to-frozen-valve Emily Olson, Geoff Brumfiel /science-technology/2022-09-27/move-over-bruce-willis-nasa-crashed-into-an-asteroid-to-test-planetary-defense NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of planetary defense. Now it will determine whether the mission was able to alter the asteroid's course. Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:10:32 GMT /science-technology/2022-09-27/move-over-bruce-willis-nasa-crashed-into-an-asteroid-to-test-planetary-defense Nell Greenfieldboyce /science-technology/2022-07-11/nasas-james-webb-telescope-reveals-the-universe-as-weve-never-seen-it-before NASA's $10 billion new telescope showed the world something remarkable today: an image of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe. Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:58:22 GMT /science-technology/2022-07-11/nasas-james-webb-telescope-reveals-the-universe-as-weve-never-seen-it-before Joe Palca, Jaclyn Diaz /science-technology/2022-06-13/a-strawberry-supermoon-will-rise-on-tuesday-heres-how-to-watch June's full moon gets its nickname from the strawberry harvesting season in the Northeastern U.S. It also happens to be at its closest distance to Earth in its orbit, which makes it a supermoon. Mon, 13 Jun 2022 23:30:00 GMT /science-technology/2022-06-13/a-strawberry-supermoon-will-rise-on-tuesday-heres-how-to-watch Rachel Treisman /news/2022-05-16/did-you-see-the-super-flower-blood-moon-last-night-it-was-stunning South America and much of the continental United States had the best view of Sunday night's lunar eclipse, which lasted nearly five hours. Mon, 16 May 2022 18:00:00 GMT /news/2022-05-16/did-you-see-the-super-flower-blood-moon-last-night-it-was-stunning Ashley Westerman /texas-news/2021-07-07/for-the-1st-time-a-black-woman-will-lead-a-nasa-center Vanessa Wyche has worked for NASA since 1989, and has held multiple key leadership positions with the agency. Now, she will be the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Wed, 07 Jul 2021 22:00:04 GMT /texas-news/2021-07-07/for-the-1st-time-a-black-woman-will-lead-a-nasa-center Lauren Terrazas /news/2021-04-28/apollo-11-astronaut-michael-collins-dies Collins was the crew member who stayed in orbit on the Apollo 11 command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Later he oversaw building of the National Air and Space Museum. Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:22:58 GMT /news/2021-04-28/apollo-11-astronaut-michael-collins-dies Russell Lewis