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Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13's record
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (485+ words) WASHINGTON " Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their toilet is on the blink again. "The Earth…...
Crews work to contain southern California wildfire as mandatory evacuations remain
16+ hour, 5+ 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…...
Artemis II passes halfway point to moon on first crewed mission in decades
14+ hour, 33+ 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…...
Artemis II: Back to the Moon
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (46+ words) Artemis II: Back to the Moon12News Artemis II: Back to the Moon To stream 12News on your phone, you need the 12News app. Download the 12News app Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Before You Leave, Check This Out...
Fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California triggers evacuations
1+ day, 11+ hour 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…...
NASA's Artemis II prepares for first correction burn on its way to historic lunar flyby
1+ day, 16+ 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…...
PHOTOS: Artemis II's moonbound astronauts share photos of Earth as they leave it behind
1+ day, 16+ 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....
Fish in this Arizona lake are living past 100—and scientists aren't sure how
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1433+ words) PHOENIX " A remote reservoir carved into the Superstition Mountains holds something extraordinary." Swimming in Apache Lake are some of the oldest living vertebrates on the planet. They've survived world wars, the Great Depression, the atomic age and the dawn of…...
Artemis II leaves Earth's orbit and heads toward the moon
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (433+ words) WASHINGTON " NASA's moon-bound astronauts have left Earth's orbit and are en route to our planet's celestial neighbor." The Artemis II crew fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night. The so-called translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting…...
NASA releases first image of Earth following historic Artemis II moon flight
2+ day, 15+ 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…...