Articles filed under Science
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NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubbleMay 10, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving t...
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AP Interview: NASA chief big on climate, hedges on moon dateMay 07, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency's workforce, but hedging on whether the U.S. can put astronau...
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NASA Mars helicopter heard humming through planet's thin airMay 07, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air. N...
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EXPLAINER: What are cicadas and why do they bug some people?May 07, 2021 7:00 am - Cicadas, red-eyed bugs singing loud sci-fi sounding songs, can seem downright creepy. Especially since the trillions of them coming this year emerge from underground onl...
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60 years since 1st American in space: Tourists lining upMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps. Jef...
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SpaceX launches, lands Starship in 1st successful flightMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched and successfully landed its futuristic Starship on Wednesday, finally nailing a test flight of the rocketship that Elon Musk ...
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Nature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emergeMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) - Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael Raupp and Paula Shrewsbury find their quarry: a cicada nymph. And then anothe...
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SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdownMay 02, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness sinc...
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Satellites show world's glaciers melting faster than everApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world...
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More patrols, fewer boaters for SpaceX splashdown SaturdayApr 26, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The astronauts flying SpaceX back to Earth this weekend urged boaters to stay safe by staying away from their capsule's splashdown in the Gul...