Space
How you can see the nearly total lunar eclipse Friday morning
West Coast night owls and East Coast early risers will have the best view of the upcoming lunar eclipse this Friday.
2 years ago
Air Date: November 12, 2021
Listen 49:28NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids.
3 years ago
William Shatner, TV’s Capt. Kirk, blasts into space
Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, has blasted into space and safely returned to Earth in a convergence of science fiction and science reality.
3 years ago
To oldly go: Shatner, 90, inspires with real-life space trip
As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first real-life spaceflight, he’s bringing out the awe in people around a rural Texas spaceport.
3 years ago
Celebrate the end of summer with Monday’s Harvest Moon
The harvest moon is the last full moon of the summer. This year it will appear to be full for three days with peak illumination occurring at 7:54 p.m. ET Monday.
3 years ago
Got plans for Sept. 24, 2182? This big asteroid might, too
A potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu has a 1 in 1,750 chance of hitting Earth between now and the year 2300.
3 years ago
Blue Origin’s Bezos reaches space on 1st passenger flight
The Amazon founder was accompanied by a hand-picked group: his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer from Texas.
3 years ago
Hobbled Hubble Telescope springs back to life on its backup system
The Hubble Space Telescope is returning to operation more than a month after its original payload computer shut down.
3 years ago
Richard Branson has completed a historic trip to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic
Sir Richard Branson and a crew of three others grazed the edge of space Sunday morning in a rocket built by the British billionaire's company, Virgin Galactic.
3 years ago
Air Date: July 2, 2021
Listen 49:30How NASA repairs its rovers on Mars, without ever touching them
NASA's rovers are labs on wheels, doing work on Mars, while being directed by scientists and engineers here on earth. How do they repair rovers from millions of miles away?
3 years ago
Listen 8:30What will humans eat on Mars? Earthbound researchers are cultivating menu choices
If or when humans get to the red planet, one of the next big questions is: What will they eat there? Would it even be possible to have a healthy or tasty diet?
3 years ago
Listen 4:53SpaceX’s new rocket factory is making its Texas neighbors mad
Environmentalists from Brownsville to Washington D.C. are protesting Elon Musk's ambitious vision to build, test and launch next-generation rockets in this fragile ecosystem.
3 years ago