astronautics

Boeing, the engineering company behind the failed mission that left two astronauts stranded in space, received $6.4 billion in contracts from NASA bet...

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described as a p...

NASA: America’s space agency needs you. According to a NASA press release, the organization is looking for people to suggest innovations on how to rec...

Growing up in Bradford, Margaret Weitekamp did not want to study history. Her father, Dr. Raymond Weitekamp, taught American history at the University...

Once U.S. astronauts make it back to the moon, it’ll be one small step for man and one giant leap for the federal budget. A rocket launcher for the Na...

There’s nothing to see here, or hear here, actually. That’s the message NASA gave after reports of a strange noise heard by astronaut Butch Wilmore em...

Bart Barton of Smethport believes it is important to keep history alive – especially if, like him, you have had the chance to live through it. Barton ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Talk about a flare for the dramatic. As if we didn’t have enough celestial, heavenly body activity with the recent total solar ecli...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — People have been looking for the Loch Ness Monster — known affectionately as “Nessie” — in Scotland since sightings of the legendar...

(TNS) — Stan Gordon has dedicated his life to the unknown. The Pennsylvania native has spent decades investigating UFO activity (or UAP, as they’re no...

MOON: Want to go to the moon? Now is your chance — sort of. NASA is inviting folks to send their names to the surface of the moon aboard the agency’s ...

LOOK UP: Want to see the International Space Station? There’s an app for that. NASA has a new Spot the Station app, available now, to make it easier f...

COUDERSPORT — Cherry Springs State Park is offering free in-person programs this weekend. The park is located at 4639 Cherry Springs Road, in Coudersp...

Last week NASA announced the names of the four astronauts who will crew Artemis II, a 10-day mission planned for November 2024. The expedition will bo...

INTREPID: Aug. 16, 2023 will mark the 80th anniversary of the commissioning of USS Intrepid (CVS-11), the World War II-era Essex class aircraft carrie...

MARS SAMPLES: NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colo., to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a small, lightweight r...

STARTUPS AWARDED: NASA has awarded $90,000 each to seven entrepreneurial startup companies under its Entrepreneur’s Challenge program. The awards will...

SUPPLY LAUNCH: A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo on its way t...

NASA SYMPOSIUM: The “Spaceflight for Everybody” virtual symposium, an event aimed at communicating the current state of NASA spaceflight health knowle...

DESIGN FOR NASA: NASA seeks young engineers to help design a new robot concept for an excavation mission on the Moon. The Lunabotics Junior Contest is...