NASA has been reporting that the launch of the next commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station will be visible from parts of Central New York tonight.
Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean is coming to Central New York. Bean will be here to discuss "My Experience as an Artist on the Moon" as part of the Project Fibonacci STEAM Conference series of speakers on August 3rd. We got to chat with the famous moonwalker, and ask him some interesting questions about his experiences with space travel.
Scott Wilson was born and raised in Frankfort, NY and for the last 25 years has been working for NASA on several projects. In April, Wilson will return to his hometown with other NASA officials to speak at local schools.
It's an amazing time to be alive scientifically speaking. NASA announced it's discovery of water on Mars, and now it looks like Pluto may have water. Thanks to the New Horizons mission, it was discovered that Pluto has blue skies and water ice on the surface.
NASA just announced that water is on the surface of Mars. One would think we would just send either the Curiosity rover or Opportunity rover (both are currently on the surface of Mars) to investigate the area. However, NASA actually can't. Why?
The Space Shuttle was America's ride into space from 1981 - 2011. During that time, did you know that the shuttle could have landed across New York? Here's 5 sites in New York NASA kept in mind in the case of a shuttle landing/abort.
It seems like this past year, we've been the recipients of beautiful pictures from NASA of outer space. In the latest, A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month.
Here in New York it may be tough to watch the Delta Aquarid meteor shower scheduled for tonight. Never fear though, there is a live stream you can watch for free.