astronautics

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described as a p...

BRAFORD, Pa. — Growing up in Bradford, Margaret Weitekamp did not want to study history. Her father, Dr. Raymond Weitekamp, taught American history at...

ELLICOTTVILLE — One of the most prominent women in the United States’ space agency, NASA, will grace Ellicottville with her presence this summer. Trac...

If the total solar eclipse was not enough excitement for skywatchers, NASA reports there will be another opportunity to see a “once-in-a-lifetime” eve...

ALLEGANY — A group of sixth-graders from Otto-Eldred School District in McKean County, Pa., visited the Challenger Learning Center of the Twin Tier Re...

The U.S. Senate has approved an amendment upholding the 1,500-hour flight training rule for co-pilots that was initially approved in the wake of the 2...

One of my favorite specific subgenres of movies is those near-future science-fiction stories that are meant to be fairly realistic and based on some s...

CUBA — There was a Cuba family who sent five siblings to serve during World War II: Hugh Deforest Lockwood, Archie Darrel Lockwood, Ray Jerry Lockwood...

Space travel isn’t for the faint of heart. Even test flights without humans on board can be nerve-racking events. And so it was Thursday, when a Space...

The coming Lyrid meteor shower could produce as many as 100 shooting stars per hour — although the more common amount is 15 to 20 meteors per hour. Re...

We are going back to the moon. And fairly soon, too. A new rocket was successfully tested. There are news accounts about what’s ahead. But it has all ...

We are going back to the moon. And fairly soon, too. A new rocket was successfully tested. There are news accounts about what’s ahead. But it has all ...

There were no big Hollywood names like Morgan Freeman or Bruce Willis or imagined joint American-Russian teams flying space shuttles to land on object...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that fo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after a last...

ALLEGANY — The Challenger Learning Center of the Twin Tiers will host a live conversation with U.S. astronaut Bob Hines aboard the International Space...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Yes, it is rocket science. The finale of a three-day rocket camp at the Challenger Center of the Twin Tiers was launching the rocket...

WELLSVILLE — Four sophomores at Wellsville High School are seeing their hard work pay off as their science project is scheduled to rocket into space i...