A team of hard-working engineering students from the University of Wyoming has been selected to participate in a national competition based on rover design and demonstration. Never before has a team from UW been invited to participate in the RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops Competition, which will be hos…
Ever wonder what an astronaut does on the International Space Station everyday? If you follow astronaut Scott Kelly on twitter, it appears he is dreaming of wetting a fly on the Big Horn river in Wyoming or Montana. This pic showed up on Scott's twitter feed over the weekend and for some reason …
After a meteorite strike near Russia, an Asteroid came very close to the Earth. It was the closest known flyby for a rock of its size, passing within 17,000 miles. That's closer than some satellites.
Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, has died. Ride, 61, passed away peacefully at her home in La Jolla, CA. on Monday, July 23 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.