Space

Have you ever watched Venus pass in front of the sun? The Venus transit occurs this afternoon and several venues in the area are having viewing parties.

Do you remember the Apollo missions? Walter Cronkite hosting the coverage on CBS TV, they'd spot the orange and white parachutes carrying the space capsule floating to a spashdown in the ocean and they would hoist the ship on to the awaiting ship. Reminiscant of those Apollo missions, the history-making gumdrop-shaped SpaceX Dragon capsule left the International Space Station and returned to Earth

History was made above us in space early this morning, May 25. The first non-governmental space vehicle, the SpaceX Dragon capsule, completed berthing with the International Space Station just after 10 a.m. (MDT). Dragon's hatch is scheduled to be opened early Saturday morning, May 26. The station's six astronauts will unload about 1,000 pounds of cargo, including food, clothes, batteries and a l

Have you ever watched the International Space Station pass by in the night sky? It is the largest man-made object in orbit and can be seen from Earth as it travels at an altitude of about 240 miles.

After years of dreaming, waiting, hoping and praying, commercial space travel is finally starting to become a reality — just when you thought an airline couldn’t put more of a distance between you and your luggage.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket on Launch Pad (Roberto Gonzalez/Getty)If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's what Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, will do early Tuesday morning, try again to launch their Falcon 9 space capsule to the International Space Station. Being KING FM's Special Space Correspondant, I was watching NASA TV early Saturday morning, May 19, when the launch was a

I don't know if you are one of those people who enjoys all the marvels of the space and sky above us...But I am!  So yesterday at about 6:30pm I start getting anxious knowing that the solar eclipse is about to begin!

Will you be watching the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket? For the first time in history a private company, Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX, will fly a NASA mission to the International Space Station. The unmanned Dragon spacecraft will deliver much-needed supplies to the orbiting outpost. The launch was scheduled for 2:55 a.m. (MDT) but take off was aborted just after igniti

Plane Flies Across The Moon (Dan Kitwood/Getty)Are you throwing a full moon party? This weekend, the moon will be the closest to the Earth as it will get all year long, called perigee by Astonomers. The full moon officially occurs at 9:35 MDT on Saturday night, so it's prime time to host a 'howlingly' fun get together, hopefully we'll have clear skies over Cheyenne to enjoy all the moonshine. Read

New Yorkers who looked up into the sky on Friday were treated to something simply amazing. The Space Shuttle Enterprise rocketed past such iconic New York City landmarks as the Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center before coming in for a landing at JFK airport. Luckily, photographers caught the close encounter.