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Artemis II passes halfway point to moon on first crewed mission in decades
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (248+ words) WASHINGTON " NASA's Artemis II'mission is now more than halfway to the moon, marking a major milestone for the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. The four-person crew has traveled more than 160,000 miles from Earth since launching April 1 and…...
Crews work to contain southern California wildfire as mandatory evacuations remain
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (286+ words) RIVERSIDE, California " Crews made progress Saturday battling a smoky'wildfire in southern California that broke out a day earlier and prompted mandatory evacuations. Encompassing roughly 6.3 square miles (about 16 square kilometers) in Riverside County, about 64 miles (103 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, the…...
Fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California triggers evacuations
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (226+ words) RIVERSIDE, Calif. " A smoky and fast-growing wildfire Friday in windy Southern California has prompted multiple evacuation orders and warnings. The Springs Fire broke out about 11 a.m. Friday and by the evening had grown to about 5.47 square miles, with fire crews starting…...
PHOTOS: Artemis II's moonbound astronauts share photos of Earth as they leave it behind
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (328+ words) WASHINGTON " The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet's brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon. NASA released the crew's first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century....
NASA's Artemis II prepares for first correction burn on its way to historic lunar flyby
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (364+ words) NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft lifted off from Kennedy Space Center'in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT on April 1, sending the four astronauts on a planned 10-day test flight around the moon and back.' The crew is made up of Commander Reid…...
We asked an astronaut: What's it like to take a toilet break in space, some 250,000 miles from Earth?
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (585+ words) DALLAS " It is an ambitious journey, the kind that dares folks on Earth to look up and dream: astronauts are about to travel farther from Earth and closer to the Moon than any human in more than five decades. The…...
Look ahead to Charlotte's 10-day forecast and what Easter Sunday temperatures are looking like
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (64+ words) Look ahead to Charlotte's 10-day forecast and what Easter Sunday temperatures are looking like'WCNC Look ahead to Charlotte's 10-day forecast and what Easter Sunday temperatures are looking like To stream WCNC on your phone, you need the WCNC app. Download…...
Artemis II's crew prepares for translunar injection burn as they journey closer to the moon
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (347+ words) WASHINGTON " NASA's moon-bound astronauts are a "go" for the translunar injection burn on Thursday night, providing enough force to propel the spacecraft closer to Earth's celestial neighbor. The Orion spacecraft will kick on its main engine for nearly six minutes…...
NASA releases first image of Earth following historic Artemis II moon flight
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (374+ words) WASHINGTON " Following a successful blast off from Earth, the Artemis II crew shared the first image of Earth from the Orion spacecraft." NASA released the image early Thursday, the second day of the 10-day trip around the moon before making…...
Is Tornado Alley on the move? Recent tornadoes show the infamous danger zone spreading east
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (217+ words) ATLANTA " Tornadoes can happen anywhere in the U.S., but you've probably heard of Tornado Alley. " While there's no official boundary, the National Severe Storms Laboratory says it's generally thought of as an area stretching across the Central"and Southern plains, with…...