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NASA wants international partners to go to Moon too

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 23 10:24 AM

WASHINGTON - As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international participation, which could mean a non-American setting foot on Earth's natural satellite for the first time in history, global space chiefs said Monday. Read more »

Typhoon Bualoi rapidly intensifies, unlikely to hit Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 07:51 AM

MANILA—Typhoon Bualoi (international name) quickly developed an eye and powerful thunderstorms as it intensified further, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Monday. Read more »

Celestial fireworks: Meteor shower to light up midnight skies

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 12:29 PM

The Orionids, considered one of the most beautiful meteor showers, will peak on Monday and Tuesday night, astronomers said. Read more »

US astronauts embark on first all-female spacewalk in history

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 09:56 AM

Two NASA astronauts made space history on Friday, completing the first spacewalk by an all-woman team when they stepped outside the International Space Station. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 18, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 12:28 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Per aspera ad astra

NASA via Reuters
Updated as of Oct 19 12:19 AM

In this still image taken from a NASA video, Jessica Meir walks outside the International Space Station on Friday to replace a broken power controller. Read more »

'History unfolds': NASA streams first spacewalk by all-female team

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 18 11:53 PM

US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first all-female pairing to carry out a spacewalk Friday, following a spacesuit flub earlier this year that caused the historic mission to be aborted. Read more »

NASA unveils flexible, one-size-fits-all space suits

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 07:35 AM

When US astronauts next touch down on the Moon, expect them to walk almost as they do on Earth, thanks to a new generation of spacesuits offering key advantages over those of the Apollo-era.  Read more »

NASA, PH scientists look into how pollutants affect local weather

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 10:11 PM

If there is one thing that farmers know best, it’s the season of planting. But what happens when the rains do not come as scheduled or as much as before? Read more »

What's that sound? A 'Marsquake' heard by NASA

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 02 11:45 AM

NASA on Tuesday released two audio clips of seismic activity on Mars after an "exquisitely sensitive" detector was set down on the planet's surface late last year. Read more »

NASA in megadeal with Lockheed for moon mission

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 24 09:07 AM

WASHINGTON - NASA on Monday earmarked almost $3 billion to Lockheed Martin to build three Orion capsules, to allow US astronauts to return to the moon by 2024. Read more »

NASA, local research firms partner up to study PH weather

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 09:12 AM

American space agency NASA has partnered with Philippine research institutions to study the country's complicated weather phenomena. Hal Maring, NASA's radiation sciences program manager, and Gemma Narisma, executive director of the Manila Observatory, talk more about the partnership in this interview with #ANCEarlyEdition. Read more »

Space telescope offers rare glimpse of Earth-sized rocky exoplanet

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Aug 20 10:16 AM

Direct observations from a NASA space telescope have for the first time revealed the atmospheric void of a rocky, Earth-sized world beyond our own solar system orbiting the most common type of star in the galaxy, according to a study released on Monday.   Read more »

NASA chief announces Alabama facility as moon spacecraft headquarters

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 11:05 AM

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Friday said Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will anchor the US space agency's program to build a spacecraft to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024, a boon for the state and a disappointment for Texas. Read more »

NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for Mars

Jeremie Richard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 06:16 AM

ICELAND—To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job. Read more »

Duterte signs law establishing Philippine Space Agency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 07:41 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the "Philippine Space Act," creating the Philippine Space Agency to address all national concerns related to space science and technology. Read more »

'One big step' for PH innovators: How rocket launch inspires NASA challenge winners

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 06:40 PM

For the first Filipino winners of the space apps challenge of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), witnessing a rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was another milestone in their journey that began at a Manila hackathon in October 2018.    Read more »

Filipino-made 'ISDApp' makes historic trip to NASA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 08:06 PM

Fifty years since man landed on the moon, a team of Filipinos is making its own giant leap into the US space agency NASA. Read more »

Filipino-made 'ISDApp' makes historic trip to NASA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 06:27 PM

A team of Filipinos is making a giant leap into US space agency NASA. Their mission: to present their award-winning app that could transform society. Read more »

Undetected ‘city-killer’ asteroid almost hits Earth, shocks scientists: reports

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 01:25 PM

The Washington Post, citing NASA data, on Friday reported that Asteroid 2019 OK, estimated to be 57 to 130 meters wide, passed about 73,000 kilometers from earth, roughly 1/5 the distance to the moon.  Read more »