astronautics

Name the Rover: There is still time to vote for the name for NASA’s newest Rover. Visit https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/ and...

ROVER : NASA is working on a trip to Mars, and they want students to get involved. Part of that involvement is a competition called the Mars 2020 Name...

JOURNEY : As Apollo 11 prepared for its journey into space, ’Round the Square shared some tidbits of moon pop culture. Readers learned of songs and po...

Fifty years ago, Ron Orris was one of millions who sat captivated by the image on the television screen — that really was two men walking on the moon....

The Apollo 11 launch may have been prepped and successfully accomplished in sunny Florida in 1969, but a Smethport father-son duo were up close and pe...

It’s hard to look up at the night sky and not imagine what is beyond. It’s no wonder there are so many stories dedicated to the heavenly bodies above ...

NAMES : How would you like to visit another planet? You may not be able to go to Mars anytime soon, but NASA is offering a chance for people to have t...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, in collaboration with the McKean County Historical Society, will present a series of “McKean County History”...

Students at Bradford Area Christian Academy planted tomato seeds flown on board the International Space Station to study the impact of radiation and l...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Walking on the moon or traveling to Mars are the types of adventures often written up as science fiction. But to astronaut Dr. James ...

PROPOSAL: One French agency believes that by the year 2022, it will be able to fly a couple around the moon to celebrate their engagement — for a cost...

SPACE: NASA is preparing a mission to search for habitable planets elsewhere in space. On April 16, the agency will launch its Transiting Exoplanet Su...

EXPLORER I: “Late in the evening of Jan. 31, 1958, the United States took its first step into space with the launch of the Explorer 1 satellite from C...

MOONWALK: Today is the 45th anniversary of the last day man has walked on the moon. But it may not be long until we return. According to the Associate...

PERSPECTIVE: “You can’t look at the Earth and not be changed,” said NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik. “You realize every experience you’ve ever had and ev...

LEAVES: If you’re in McKean or Potter counties, you’re probably seeing the peak of the fall leaves this week. That’s according to the weekly fall foli...

MISSION CONTROL: While we’ve all got our eyes to the sky this month for the solar eclipse, we thought it would be a good time to talk about another ti...

A major dredging project at the George B. Stevenson Dam at Sinnemahoning State Park is completed, an official announced this week. Workers are now fin...

DONALD COMES: It is with a heavy heart that we report RTS contributor and local horticulturalist Donald Comes passed away. (Read his obituary on page ...

APPLES: As this winter draws to a close — at least according to the calendar — Penn State University has predicted the impact the winter of 2016-17 wi...