Cape Canaveral and the space coast offer a nostalgia trip back to the future. Join us for a visit as WRAL TechWire celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
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Between 1960 and 1975, NASA astronauts traveled to the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill to train in stellar navigation. As 50th anniversary celebrations begin of the first man on the moon, here is a look at the role training in North Carolina played.
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Museums and other institutions throughout North Carolina are gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon.
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NASA introduced the first U.S. astronauts on Friday who will fly on the American-made SpaceX/Boeing commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. “Today, our country’s dreams of...
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Two NASA astronauts headed to the space station next year have strong North Carolina connections.
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A new version of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that could eventually take astronauts to space took flight for the first time Friday.
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NASA says Elon Musk’s roadster has been added to is “artificial object catalog” as scientists debate just where it is going to end up. Here are some of the possibilities.
Read MoreNASA’s “Living Planet:” video – 20 years of life in a few minutes NASA captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of the home planet. The data visualization, released this week, shows Earth’s fluctuations as seen from space. The polar ice caps and snow cover are shown ebbing and flowing with the seasons. The varying ocean shades of blue, green, red and purple depict the abundance — or lack — of undersea life. “It’s like watching the Earth breathe. It’s really remarkable,” said NASA oceanographer Jeremy Werdell, who took part in the project. Two...
Read MoreAccording to a 2005 land-use report, about 40 percent of all land on earth is dedicated to agriculture. The total land used for crop production is about the size of South America. The remaining 8.9 billion acres are used for raising livestock. Organic and sustainable food is a rising...
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