How to watch the solar eclipse in April safely
The Great American Eclipse will be here on April 8. Keep in mind it’s only safe to look at the sun during totality, which only makes up a few minutes of the eclipse.
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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station
The capsule docked at the ISS at 7:19am Eastern time while soaring more than 262 miles over the South Atlantic Ocean.
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YPG hosted its first-ever Cyber and I.T. Expo
Yuma Proving Ground hosted its first-ever Cyber and I.T. Expo on Thursday.
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellite at California base
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 10:28pm Eastern/7:28pm Pacific. This launch sent 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
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Today is National Pi Day and Yuma Proving Ground celebrates it in a delicious way
Thursday is National Pi Day and Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) celebrated it deliciously.
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SpaceX starship launched on Thursday
SpaceX conducted a third test launch of its Starship spacecraft Thursday in Boca Chica, Texas.
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NASA’s Crew-7 returns to Earth following six months on ISS
The crew’s Dragon Capsule splashed down at 5:48am Eastern Tuesday. The capsule came to a gentle landing in the Gulf of Mexico under a canopy of parachutes off Pensacola, Florida.
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FDA postpones approval for Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to postpone their approval decision deadline for Eli Lilly’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug.
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SpaceX’s Crew-8 docks at International Space Station
The mission’s Dragon Capsule, named Endeavor, docked with the ISS Tuesday morning at 2:28am Eastern. The four-person crew launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday.
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Astronauts for the Artemis II mission begin training
Day and night for the past week off the coast of San Diego, astronauts and their Artemis II recovery team have been training for what happens after their Orion Space Capsule splashes down off California’s coast.
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University of Arizona launches new app that helps local farmers track water and salt balance
Research scientists and web developers with the University of Arizona have launched a web application designed to help growers optimize water usage and salt balance for crops.
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SpaceX launches Indonesian communications satellite
SpaceX launched an Indonesian communications satellite Tuesday.
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NASA photos show lake in Death Valley remaining in place
The Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park is usually a dry salt flat bottom. That changed in August when heavy rains from Hurricane Hilary saturated the area and a temporary lake formed.
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NASA seeking applicants for year long simulated Mars experience
The mission, which gets underway in the spring of 2025, will help inform NASA’s plans for human exploration of the red planet.
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Sora is ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator. Here’s what we know about the new tool
The maker of ChatGPT is now diving into AI-generated video.
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellite after numerous delays
The Starlink network is designed to deliver high-speed internet anywhere around the globe and has a constellation of satellites orbiting Earth about 340 miles up.
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Axiom Mission 3 crew undocks from International Space Station
After spending 18 days aboard the orbiting laboratory performing experiments for a variety of research investigations, the undocking had been pushed back due to several weather delays.
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ASU student travels to Antarctica through a study abroad program
Julysa Urrutia, a sophomore studying pre-veterinary science, recently went to Antarctica to examine the marine wildlife that lives down there.
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Local school wins prize money in competition
Harvest Preparatory Academy recently won $12,000 for Samsung equipment after placing first in the Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition.
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First Neuralink Device implanted into a human, according to Elon Musk
Musk said the subject “is recovering well” and that initial results showed “promising neuron spike detection.”
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