For those who are interested in space and all that’s rockets and shooting stars, Tuesday night is going to be a fun one! The International Space Station will appear like a large light similar to an airplane zooming across the sky at about 17,000 mph from southwest toward the northeastRead More →
The New Mexico State University regents will meet today to possibly give the school’s basketball teams permission to practice, something the current state health directive does not permit. The Aggies are exploring the possibility of playing games in El Paso if the state will not allow NMSU to play inRead More →
Virgin Galactic will shoot its VSS Unity rocket ship to the edge of space between November 19th and 20th, marking the company’s first spaceflight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. They will shoot its VSS Unity rocket ship to the edge of space between November 19th and 20th, markingRead More →
A Laser to the Moon: Science that Began with ‘One Small Step’” The Museum of Nature & Science, 411 N. Main St., hosts Apache Point Observatory astronomer Dr. Russet McMillan and the APOLLO (Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation) for a virtual presentation including a live firing of the laserRead More →
Look to the sky! At 8AM Virgin Galactic’s aircraft White Knight Two will be on a test flight that will pass by Truth or Consequences and Las Cruces. You can track the flight so you don’t miss it and I’m sure the kids would love to see it. And allRead More →
Lyndsey Kalson is back with another Spaceport Spotlight and October is a BIG month for Space Lovers! Two full moons, Mars coming the closest to Earth’s rotation, and the Orionid Meteor Shower. And did we mention that the second full moon is happening on HALLOWEEN?!?!?! Hear the full Spaceport SpotlightRead More →
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston approximately $47 million to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon by December 2022 under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.Read More →
NASA will provide live coverage of the return to Earth for agency astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts Wednesday, Oct. 21, after six months aboard the International Space Station.Read More →
NASA has selected 14 American companies, including several small businesses, as partners to develop a range of technologies that will help forge a path to sustainable Artemis operations on the Moon by the end of the decade.Read More →
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:12 p.m. EDT.Read More →
