This morning NASA and Space X made history while successfully launching a recycled rocket and spacecraft with astronauts from all over the world headed to the ISS.
Celebrate the 45th anniversary of the moon landing and Texas’ role in space exploration. Come to the Museum of the Coastal Bend for hands-on activities Saturday, July 19, 2014 between 10am-4pm.
The Museum is at 2200 E. Red River in Victoria...
Photos of the Earth taken from space are nothing new, but you’ve never seen the planet like this before, guaranteed. Dubbed “Blue Marble,” this NASA photo is a staggering 64-megapixels with an 8000 x 8000 resolution.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1692 – At the Salem Witch Trials, Bridget Bishop is hanged for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries" (More info)
1793 - Washington replaces Philadelphia as US capital (More info)
Since 2007, astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California have been scanning the great beyond for signs of alien life.
However, due to a decrease in the funding the institute receives from NASA and other government sources, the institute will have to shut down the powerful bank of 42 radio dishes that it uses to target unexplored planets.
We're fairly familiar with the big ball of fire in the sky called the Sun here in South Texas. It's hard not to be with the summers we're all used to down here. Some days it feels like the Sun is a little too close to us for comfort.
But no matter how close we feel like it is, we earthbound southerners will never see a view like the one captured on this video.
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