This undated photo made available by NASA shows astronaut Richard Gordon Jr. Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, has died, NASA announced Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. He was 88. (NASA via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Apollo 12 astronaut Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr., one of a […]
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SpaceX launches its first recycled rocket in historic leap
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, March 30, 2017. SpaceX launched its first recycled rocket Thursday, the biggest leap yet in its bid to drive down costs and speed up flights. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX successfully launched and […]
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7 Earth-size worlds that could hold life found orbiting star
This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows an artist’s conception of what the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f may look like, based on available data about its diameter, mass and distances from the host star. The planets circle tightly around a dim dwarf star called Trappist-1, barely the size of Jupiter. Three are in the so-called […]
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Want to be an astronaut? It does help to be a rocket scientist
Plenty of us normal humans have the basic qualifications for astronaut training. But chances are that many of these 18,300 or so applications will be from people who lack the necessary degrees in science and experience in either flight, lab work, or teaching. Those will get thrown right out based on keyword searches, and then only […]
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Move will put Great Falls TV off-air on Thursday
AUBURN — The Lewiston-Auburn local community access channels will go dark on Thursday, Oct. 29. According to Great Falls TV station manager Phil Larlee, the station will be off the air for a day while the studio and equipment is moved from Central Maine Community College to Auburn Hall. The outage could continue into Friday, […]
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Maine astronaut, who has spent 182 days in space, to head NASA office
YORK (AP) — An astronaut and former Navy SEAL from Maine has been appointed chief of the astronaut office. NASA officials on Thursday announced the appointment of Navy Capt. Chris Cassidy, who has spent 182 days in space and conducted six spacewalks during his career as an astronaut. He replaces Air Force Col. Robert Behnken. […]
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Astronaut urges Husson grads to hug their moms after they get diplomas
BANGOR, Maine — Astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy looked decidedly out of place Sunday at the Cross Insurance Center in his blue jumpsuit amidst a sea of mostly black academic regalia. The York High School graduate and U.S. Navy SEAL urged more than 800 Husson University graduates to hug their moms after the ceremony because Sunday […]
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UMaine engineers test materials that may be used for manned-mission to Mars
ORONO — If NASA successfully builds a spacecraft large enough to carry astronauts to Mars, the ship will need to be able to slow down from 10,000 miles per hour in order enter the planet’s atmosphere and safely land. Though a manned-mission to the planet may be many years away, NASA is already developing the […]
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NASA: Earth narrowly missed crippling solar storm in recent years
Earth missed a potentially catastrophic encounter with a solar storm by one week in 2012, physicists report. “I have come away from our recent studies more convinced than ever that Earth and its inhabitants were incredibly fortunate that the 2012 eruption happened when it did,” physicist Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado said in […]
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Space Day: Astronaut from Maine shares space adventures
AUBURN — NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy asked Auburn Middle School students to imagine they were floating near the gym ceiling. “Picture it — you bounce off the ceiling, push off the wall and send your buddy floating into the (next) person. Wouldn’t that be cool?” Cassidy asked Friday during a school assembly. “That’s exactly what […]