The Caribou native is scheduled to participate in 3 spacewalks this month, including the first all-female spacewalk Oct. 21.
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Maine’s connection to NASA includes first architect, two astronauts
On the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon, Maine has maintained a strong connection to NASA.
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How Lewiston-Auburn reacted to the moon landing 50 years ago
While some residents expressed skepticism about the cost of the Apollo missions, others were wowed by them.
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Trump criticizes NASA’s promotion of his plan to return to the moon before exploring Mars
In a tweet, the president appeared to take issue with a strategy outlined in a directive he signed in December 2017 and that he touted last month.
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Israel hopes to be 4th nation to deliver robotic lander to the moon
A decade of work will pay off Thursday night when Beresheet is launched into space.
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Year in space put US astronaut’s disease defenses on alert
Scientists find that astronaut who spent nearly a year in space had his immune system go on high alert.
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Former St. Dom's student accepts position with NASA
LEWISTON — Jacob Charest of Lewiston, a member of the Saint Dominic Academy Class of 2016, has recently accepted an engineering co-op with NASA. Charest is a junior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, enrolled in the Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering master’s program. He’ll be working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, […]
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NASA spacecraft lands on Mars after six-month journey
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile (482 million-kilometer) journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere. Flight controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, leaped out of their seats and […]
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Donald Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create 'Space Force'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Vowing to reclaim U.S. leadership in space, President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new “Space Force” as an independent service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space. Trump envisioned a bright future for the U.S. space program, pledging to revive the country’s […]
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and moonwalker, dies at 86
Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon […]