Tag: NASA
Valley students selected to final stage of NASA HUNCH program
Eight Valley teams in the NASA HUNCH program this year are advancing to showcase their projects for a final design review at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 16 and 17.
Valley students exhibit problem solving and creative thinking through NASA program
MERCEDES — With about half a year put into their projects, students across the Valley were able to present their final prototypes for critical review for the NASA HUNCH program with the chance to advance to the next level of the program at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA program draws huge participation among Valley schools
MERCEDES — With its inaugural year in the Rio Grande Valley, the NASA HUNCH program has over 1,300 students participating in it with South Texas ISD hosting the first review session featuring NASA engineers Thursday.
Hidalgo County students have out of this world opportunity with NASA
MERCEDES — Students around the Valley will soon have the chance to participate in the NASA Hunch program, where teams get hands-on STEM experience and hopefully get their project implemented by NASA on earth — or outer space.
NASA astronauts answer questions live from Brownsville ISD students
NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Frank Rubio on the International Space Station answered questions from Brownsville Independent School District students via live downlink Wednesday morning, their weightless condition obvious and their candor drawing smiles.
NASA predicts delay: Starship grounded pending investigation
According to a senior NASA official, the agency’s goal of returning astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years may be delayed yet again due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s investigation into the midair explosion of a SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy on April 20.
American Meteor Society publishes photo of Valley meteorite
The American Meteor Society says it has a picture of the meteorite that fell to the Earth this week and captured the hearts and...
NASA believes meteorite fragments may have fallen in Starr County
The fireball that shot across the South Texas sky Wednesday evening was a meteoroid that weighed about 1,000 pounds, according to NASA.
The assumption was...
NASA sees December launch: Testing continues on prototypes at Boca Chica
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said in late September that the first orbital Starship launch from the company’s Boca Chica site probably would take place this month, though a senior NASA official indicated on Oct. 31 that an early December launch is more realistic.
NASA taps SpaceX for 2nd moon demo
It’s been almost a year since NASA announced it was choosing SpaceX for the first crewed lunar landing since 1972 as part of the space agency’s Artemis moon program.