NEWSTALK 860 » NASA http://ksfa860.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 East Texas Students Learn at NASA http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-students-learn-at-nasa/ http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-students-learn-at-nasa/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:51:20 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=118478 The Angelina College Aerospace Scholars have a connection to NASA now, and it's a kids' toy that has linked them.

The students built a Mars Rover out of Lego's  as part of a competition at the National Community College Aerospace Scholars event at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center recently. The program helps math and science students with problem-solving skills, and has been available to Angelina College students for over forty years.  How do you build a Mars Rover out of Lego's?

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-students-learn-at-nasa/feed/ 0 NASA Goddard Photo and Video, Flickr Dinosaur Footprints Excavated From NASA's Backyard http://ksfa860.com/nasa-finds-dinosaur-footprints/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-finds-dinosaur-footprints/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:00:57 +0000 Mike Adams http://guyspeed.com/?p=109533 The coolest thing we've ever found behind the house was a cigar box with our dad's stash in it, so this NASA find is pretty exciting.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nasa-finds-dinosaur-footprints/feed/ 0 YouTube Hear the First Song Ever Recorded On the International Space Station http://ksfa860.com/song-space-station/ http://ksfa860.com/song-space-station/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:02:58 +0000 Tom Blunt http://thefw.com/?p=174342 Even scientists have soul! Take a listen to 'Jewel in the Night,' by Colonel Chris Hadfield.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/song-space-station/feed/ 0 Soundcloud NASA To Market Motion-Sickness Nasal Spray http://ksfa860.com/nasa-to-market-motion-sickness-nasal-spray/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-to-market-motion-sickness-nasal-spray/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:00:49 +0000 Dan Seitz http://thefw.com/?p=158746 If you get motion sick, you're probably looking for any form of relief. And a source of it is coming from an unlikely place: NASA.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nasa-to-market-motion-sickness-nasal-spray/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images NASA and Apple Engineers Develop $11,111 Coffee Maker http://ksfa860.com/nasa-and-apple-engineers-develop-11111-coffee-maker/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-and-apple-engineers-develop-11111-coffee-maker/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:15:54 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=155677 What happens when rocket scientists take on the coffee machine? The answer is a $11,111 coffee maker which brews java at the "perfect" temperature.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nasa-and-apple-engineers-develop-11111-coffee-maker/feed/ 0 Blossom One See Photos and Video From Mars Rover Curiosity http://ksfa860.com/mars-rover-curiosity/ http://ksfa860.com/mars-rover-curiosity/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:46:22 +0000 Don Deane http://thefw.com/?p=142752 After an eight month journey, NASA’s multi-billion dollar rover Curiosity made a successful landing on Mars early this morning. Mission controllers cheered after the six-wheeled, one-ton machine made a perilous seven-minute landing involving a parachute, rocket pack and sky crane.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/mars-rover-curiosity/feed/ 0 NASA Scientists Discover New Planet That's Even Smaller Than Earth [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/scientists-discover-new-planet-thats-even-smaller-than-earth-video/ http://ksfa860.com/scientists-discover-new-planet-thats-even-smaller-than-earth-video/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:16:00 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=123800 Since 1995, scientists have confirmed the existence of more than 700 so-called exoplanets, but most of them have been massive. Now, though, they’ve found a new one — and it’s even smaller than Earth.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/scientists-discover-new-planet-thats-even-smaller-than-earth-video/feed/ 0 NASA Space Shuttle Replica Arrives in Houston http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-replica-arrives-at-nasa/ http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-replica-arrives-at-nasa/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:57:36 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=69806 Houston's "consolation prize" in NASA's space shuttle giveaway has arrived.  The 65 ton full-scale model named Explorer has been towed from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Space Center Houston, the tourist attraction next door to the Johnson Space Center.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-replica-arrives-at-nasa/feed/ 0 via Facebook/Space Shuttle Explorer Study: Long Space flight May Damage Eyesight http://ksfa860.com/study-long-space-flight-may-damage-eyesight/ http://ksfa860.com/study-long-space-flight-may-damage-eyesight/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:59:32 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=53160 It's true.  A NASA sponsored study in Houston shows brain scans of astronauts who were in space for more than a month revealed potentially serious abnormalities that could force NASA to delay or even cancel plans for longer deep space missions.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/study-long-space-flight-may-damage-eyesight/feed/ 0 Astronaut EVA - via Getty Images Texas Children Will Name Mock Space Shuttle http://ksfa860.com/texas-children-will-name-mock-space-shuttle/ http://ksfa860.com/texas-children-will-name-mock-space-shuttle/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:42:25 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=52883 When the mock Space Shuttle Explorer is moved to Clear Lake from Kennedy Space Center later this year, it will get a new name – and that name will be chosen by Texas children in a statewide contest.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/texas-children-will-name-mock-space-shuttle/feed/ 0 via flickr/scazon Solar Storm Strikes Earth http://ksfa860.com/solar-storm-strikes-the-earth/ http://ksfa860.com/solar-storm-strikes-the-earth/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:36:28 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=51149 The largest solar storm in five years has engulfed Earth, but scientists say the planet has lucked out -- so far.  It's the result of one of the largest and most dramatic solar explosions ever seen.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/solar-storm-strikes-the-earth/feed/ 0 via NASA.gov Asteroid Coming Toward Earth – What to do?? http://ksfa860.com/asteroid-coming-toward-earth-what-to-do/ http://ksfa860.com/asteroid-coming-toward-earth-what-to-do/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:50:49 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=50287 Forget about that Mayan Doomsday prophecy -- the one that says the world will come an end this December.  Not very many credible people take that one seriously.

But a lot of people with credible credentials say an asteroid will come close to Earth next February, and it should be taken very seriously because it could hit the Earth.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/asteroid-coming-toward-earth-what-to-do/feed/ 0 via flickr/andrewsrj NASA Cameras Reveal Far Side of the Moon http://ksfa860.com/now-we-know-what-moons-far-side-looks-like/ http://ksfa860.com/now-we-know-what-moons-far-side-looks-like/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:29:42 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=43867 A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique and historic view of the far side of the moon.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/now-we-know-what-moons-far-side-looks-like/feed/ 0 photo via NASA NASA Wants to Hire You — No, Seriously http://ksfa860.com/nasa-hire/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-hire/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:27:52 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=73769 Lots of little kids dream about becoming astronauts — and for some lucky grown-ups, those dreams could become a reality. NASA recently concluded an open call for civilians to apply for a spot in the next astronaut class.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nasa-hire/feed/ 0 NASA Nation Honors Fallen Astronauts http://ksfa860.com/nation-honors-fallen-astronauts/ http://ksfa860.com/nation-honors-fallen-astronauts/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:58:26 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=42768 A single Day of Remembrance ceremony was held today at NASA headquarters in Washington, to observe the three darkest moments of the American space program, including the 26th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nation-honors-fallen-astronauts/feed/ 0 via NASA NASA Says 2011 Was Insanely Warm on Planet Earth http://ksfa860.com/nasa-says-2011-was-insanely-warm-on-planet-earth/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-says-2011-was-insanely-warm-on-planet-earth/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:49:50 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=71320 Some people may think climate change is just a myth, but there’s no arguing with this: NASA scientists say the earth’s surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880. What’s more, nine of the 10 warmest years in modern recorded history have occurred since the year 2000.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nasa-says-2011-was-insanely-warm-on-planet-earth/feed/ 0 gr33n3gg, Flickr Attention Star Gazers: Meteor Shower Tonight http://ksfa860.com/attention-star-gazers-meteor-shower-tonight/ http://ksfa860.com/attention-star-gazers-meteor-shower-tonight/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:22:16 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=37306 The first meteor shower of 2012 — the lesser known Quadrantid meteor shower — will light up the sky across North America when it peaks early Wednesday morning.  Star gazers are in for a special treat.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/attention-star-gazers-meteor-shower-tonight/feed/ 0 via Ethan Miller, Getty Images What if Asteroid Hits Earth? http://ksfa860.com/what-if-asteroid-hits-earth/ http://ksfa860.com/what-if-asteroid-hits-earth/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:31:05 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=25557 Let’s pretend the fly-by asteroid strikes Texas. What happens next?  Today’s the big day, when Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within about 200,000 miles of our fair planet, and come slightly closer to the moon tomorrow.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/what-if-asteroid-hits-earth/feed/ 0 NASA Prepares for Lunar Tourists http://ksfa860.com/nasa-prepares-for-lunar-tourists/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-prepares-for-lunar-tourists/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:26:09 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=25350 Tourists on the moon?  Sacre bleu!  Don't laugh. It's going to happen someday, maybe not in our lifetimes, but someday.  And NASA is already putting policies in place to make sure space tourists don't mess with all that Earthly "stuff" the Apollo astronauts left behind.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nasa-prepares-for-lunar-tourists/feed/ 0 via cherokee 1960 NASA Offers Aerospace Summer Program for High Schoolers http://ksfa860.com/nasa-offers-aerospace-summer-program-for-high-schoolers/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-offers-aerospace-summer-program-for-high-schoolers/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:44:56 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=20743 High school juniors interested in science and math could get an opportunity to learn about space exploration with NASA, at the annual High School Aerospace Scholars program next summer.

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