Track-It Space

LOS ANGELES — A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space -- an idea spurred by science fiction novels. Read more

WASHINGTON — A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client. Read more

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction... Read more

Nov. 3--A live hip-hop science education concert is one way to get eighth-graders excited about science. Read more

Nov. 3--BRUNSWICK -- Some Glynn County middle school students got a lesson in Newton's laws of motion Monday taught with an extraordinary amount of movement. Read more

Nov. 3--ISSUE: Ares rocket test impressive.

Last week's launch of the test vehicle for NASA's Ares I rocket was an impressive sight. More than 30 stories high, the thin white rocket shot off the launch pad like an arrow piercing the sky above Kennedy Space Center. Read more

LOS ANGELES — A team of California rocketeers has won a $1 million prize in a simulated lunar landing contest backed by NASA. Read more

Nov. 2--Astronaut Scott Altman has something very personal at stake with the work NASA will be doing out of the Pappy Boyington Hangar at the Yuma County International Airport. Read more

Nov. 2--GLASGOW -- Many believe the moon's phases, specifically the full moon, affects people's behavior. Read more

Nov. 2--Wednesday's launch of the test vehicle for NASA's Ares I rocket was an impressive sight. More than 30 stories high, the thin white rocket shot off the launch pad like an arrow piercing the sky above Kennedy Space Center. Read more