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Road trip on tap for NASA's Mars rover in new year
December 29, 2012 12:44 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's newest Mars rover is gearing up for a road trip. But first, it has to drill into a rock. Curiosity's first priority in the new year is to test out its drill. Mission managers had wanted to get it done this year, but they ran... more » -
NASA Curiosity rover takes a bite of Martian soil
October 30, 2012 8:23 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Scientists say the Martian soil at the rover Curiosity's landing site contains minerals similar to what's found on Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano. The finding released Tuesday is the latest step in trying to better understand whether the environment could have been hospitable to microbial life. Curiosity... more » -
35 years later, Voyager 1 is heading for the stars
September 4, 2012 12:40 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is reaching for the stars. Voyager 1 is poised to exit the solar system and enter the space between stars. When that will happen isn't clear. But scientists say there have been signs that it is on... more » -
Curiosity rover beams new will.i.am song from Mars
August 28, 2012 8:50 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Will.i.am has premiered his new single - from Mars. The NASA rover Curiosity beamed to Earth his new song "Reach for the Stars" on Tuesday in the first music broadcast from another planet, to the delight of students who gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to... more » -
NASA spacecraft barreling toward a Mars landing
August 4, 2012 3:23 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's Curiosity rover is zooming toward Mars. With about a day to go until a landing attempt, the space agency says the nuclear-powered rover appears on course. Tension will be high Sunday night when Curiosity plummets through the thin Martian atmosphere and attempts to set its... more » -
Rover on the move after surviving Martian winter
May 9, 2012 9:02 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The Mars rover Opportunity is on the go again. After spending nearly five months conducting experiments in one spot, the NASA rover moved for the first time this week, rolling off the rock outcrop where it hunkered down for the Martian winter. The mission team received... more » -
Lawyer: Pasadena police scapegoated 911 caller
April 6, 2012 9:38 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A lawyer for a man who wrongly reported an armed robbery to 911 says Pasadena police are scapegoating his client in the shooting death of a college boy. Oscar Carrillo's lawyer Andres Bustamante said Friday that Pasadena police are doing damage control at his client's expense... more » -
NASA's Dawn craft captures new images of asteroid
March 21, 2012 8:27 PM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Scientists analyzing the surface of a giant asteroid are puzzling over bright spots that represent some of the purest materials seen so far by a NASA spacecraft. NASA on Wednesday released new images of the asteroid Vesta taken by the orbiting Dawn spacecraft that show some... more » -
Update: Gymnastics coach accused of sexual abuse Play Video
October 6, 2011 12:13 AM
A group of women who trained under a Colorado Springs gymnastics coach in the late 70's and early 80's are coming forward with allegations of years of sexual and physical abuse. The man at the center of this is 62 year old Doug Boger. The women we spoke to via... more » -
L.A. foothills warned of mud flows after wildfire
October 6, 2009 6:39 PM
Winter rains could release huge flows of mud and debris in the vast area of the Angeles National Forest burned by a wildfire, affecting San Gabriel Mountain foothill communities, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The agency said its assessment indicated "high probabilities" of large debris flows in both... more »
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