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NASA

Published
February 15, 2022

Greely student project takes flight with NASA

A team of middle school students is designing a medical experiment that will be launched into space this fall.
Published
February 11, 2022

NASA’s new space telescope sees 1st starlight, takes selfie

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror.
Published
January 24, 2022

NASA’s new space telescope reaches its final stop – a million miles out

The telescope will enable astronomers to peer back further in time than ever before, all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago.
Published
January 4, 2022

NASA nails trickiest job on newly launched James Webb space telescope

NASA has aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court.
Published
November 30, 2021

Citing debris threat, NASA abruptly calls off a spacewalk

The notice came just two weeks after Russia fired a missile that destroyed a dead satellite polluting low Earth orbit with more than 1,500 pieces of debris.

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Published
May 28, 2021

Maine astronaut Chris Cassidy retiring after 28 years of public service

Cassidy returned to Earth from the International Space Station in October 2020.
Published
May 24, 2021

Biden doubling emergency spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms, climate change

2021 has already had significant winter storms that caused a deadly blackout in Texas and other states and underscore the damage caused by climate change.
Published
May 7, 2021

NASA’s new chief hedges on 2024 moon landing

Former Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida says tackling climate change is a top issue, and he also wants to diversify the space agency's workforce so it reflects America.
Published
May 7, 2021

Watch: Maine Voices Live with Chris Cassidy

Join us on Tuesday, June 15, at 7 p.m. for a conversation with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy.
Published
April 30, 2021

Mars helicopter aces fourth flight, gets extra month of flying

The 4-pound Ingenuity will tackle tough new terrain and serve as a scout for its companion rover, Perseverance.