A video feed from a balloon drifting 90,000 feet above Maine will show the shadow pass over Earth as if seeing the eclipse from the vantage point of the moon.
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NASA satellite could help identify best places to grow oysters, scallops in Gulf of Maine
Two University of Maine researchers are involved with an effort to log the most detailed data on record about the color and health of the ocean. The findings could have a range of impacts in Maine.
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Richard Truly, astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86
The naval aviator and test pilot helped rebuild NASA’s space shuttle program after the Challenger explosion before leading the space agency from 1989 to 1992.
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Moon landing attempt by U.S. company appears doomed after ‘critical’ fuel leak
A propulsion system problem ‘threatens the ability of the spacecraft to soft land on the moon,’ the company said.
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Send your name to space via NASA’s ‘Message in a Bottle’
NASA is asking people to submit their names ahead of the mission’s October 2024 launch. Those submitted by the end of 2023 will go into space on the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which should enter Jupiter’s orbit in 2030.
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Frank Borman, commander of first Apollo mission to the moon, dies at 95
The Apollo 8 astronaut also went on to become chief executive of Eastern Air Lines.
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Maine astronaut Jessica Meir inducted into International Air & Space Hall of Fame
The Caribou native was the first Maine woman to travel to space and is training for a future mission to the moon.
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Biddeford manufacturer provided critical piece for NASA’s asteroid mission
Fiber Materials Inc., which was recently acquired by Spirit AeroSystems, produced the space capsule’s heat shield, the company’s latest contribution in a string of NASA missions.
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NASA’s first asteroid samples land in Utah after release from spacecraft
Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened.
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One American, 2 Russians blast off in Russian capsule to International Space Station
The crew was due to arrive 3 hours later, joining 7 station residents from the U.S., Russia, Denmark, and Japan.