Eastern Iowa Native to be Inducted Into Astronaut Hall of Fame
The native of DeWitt took part in four space missions.
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LOOK: Video Captures Meteor Magic From Stellar Perseid Shower
If you missed the meteor shower this weekend, don't worry. The internet has some stellar videos to fill you in.
Eastern Iowans Can Buy A Diamond and Send it To Space
To boldly go where no piece of jewelry has gone before.
Retired Iowa Female NASA Astronaut Returning to Space
Retired NASA astronaut and Iowa native is set to help make history again.
11 Years Ago, A Massive Meteor Exploded Over Cedar Rapids
Do you remember the night when our skies lit up thanks to a large meteor exploding over Cedar Rapids? It happened 11 years ago and there are numerous videos of what happened that night.
New ‘Star’ Can Now Be Seen in Iowa
If you look up to the sky on a clear Iowa night, the naked eye can see around 2,000 stars. Now, there’s 2001 that you can see.
First spotted in March using a small telescope, a Nova -- the sudden appearance of a bright, "new" star, that slowly fades --- occurred near the constellation Cassiopeia the Queen. Name...
How to Watch NASA’s Rover Land on Mars on Thursday
On Thursday, February 18, for the first time in nearly a decade, a rover will be landing on Mars.
The most recent rover to touch down on the Red Planet was ‘Curiosity’ in 2012. The Insight Mars lander reached the planet in 2018. (A ‘Lander’ stays stationary after landing on a surface, while a ‘Rover’ moves and explores)
On Thursday afternoon, its ‘brother,’ Perseverance will be landing roughly 2,3
Once in Lifetime Planetary Event Happening on First Day of Winter
For the first time since the Middle Ages, Jupiter and Saturn will become so close to each other in the night sky that they'll appear as very bright "double planet” in the southwestern sky. It’s called ‘The Great Conjunction' -- when two objects appear to be very close together in the night sky...
How to Watch This Weekend’s Space Shuttle Launch
SpaceX is targeting 6:49 p.m. CT on Saturday, November 14, for the launch of Crew-1 (the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft) aboard a rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
If all goes according to plan, the Crew Dragon will dock with the International Space Station at around 3:04 CT Sunday morning...
‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid is Speeding up, Visible to the Naked Eye in 2029
Apophis, the asteroid which is expected to pass close to Earth in 2029, 2036 and REAL CLOSE in 2068, is gaining speed --- thanks to the sun, according to astronomers from the University of Hawaii. It’s known as the Yarkovsky Effect. The side of an asteroid facing the sun is warmed by sunlight and gives it a bit of a thrust...