/tags/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration-nasa National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-02/an-electrical-grid-on-the-moon-colorado-school-of-mines-students-work-with-nasa-to-make-it-possible Humans living on the moon may be far off in the future. But the ability to provide power to that lunar colony is at least one step closer to reality, after two researchers from the Colorado School of Mines developed a working prototype of an electrical grid that can survive the harsh conditions on the moon. We’ll hear how it works on today's In The NoCo. Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-02/an-electrical-grid-on-the-moon-colorado-school-of-mines-students-work-with-nasa-to-make-it-possible In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Brad Turner, Erin O'Toole /news/2024-11-12/colorado-company-is-building-its-own-wall-e-as-it-reimagines-trash-disposal-recycling-in-outer-space Sierra Space is building a trash compactor for the space station that’s similar to the Disney character, while others are working on detecting space debris to avoid big damages. Listen to our host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with The Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:17:14 GMT /news/2024-11-12/colorado-company-is-building-its-own-wall-e-as-it-reimagines-trash-disposal-recycling-in-outer-space Tamara Chuang, The Colorado Sun /regional-news/2023-01-04/is-it-rain-or-snow-researchers-enlist-citizen-scientists-to-see-what-satellites-cant Researchers have developed a snow and rain tracker that gathers data from citizen scientists in an effort to improve the accuracy of storm warnings and water management. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:31:06 GMT /regional-news/2023-01-04/is-it-rain-or-snow-researchers-enlist-citizen-scientists-to-see-what-satellites-cant Emma VandenEinde /transportation/2020-07-08/an-engineer-from-colorado-shares-what-its-like-building-nasas-next-mars-rover The first time Jesse Austin paid attention to a Mars rover launch was in 2012, while studying electrical engineering at the University of Colorado… Wed, 08 Jul 2020 22:45:07 GMT /transportation/2020-07-08/an-engineer-from-colorado-shares-what-its-like-building-nasas-next-mars-rover Matt Bloom /npr-news/npr-news/2020-05-30/nasa-and-spacex-launch-1st-astronauts-to-orbit-from-u-s-since-2011 After an aborted launch attempt to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the weather cleared and the launch went ahead on Saturday. Sat, 30 May 2020 11:46:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2020-05-30/nasa-and-spacex-launch-1st-astronauts-to-orbit-from-u-s-since-2011 Geoff Brumfiel, Scott Neuman /npr-news/2020-03-19/spring-starts-today-all-over-america-which-is-weird Spring begins at 11:50 p.m. ET on March 19 this year. It is the earliest nationwide vernal equinox since 1896. Why, you ask? Get ready for orbital mechanics and a lot of information about calendars. Thu, 19 Mar 2020 07:07:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-03-19/spring-starts-today-all-over-america-which-is-weird Rebecca Hersher /2020-03-01/black-in-space-explores-nasas-small-steps-and-giant-leaps-toward-equality A new documentary looks at America's struggle to send its first black astronaut into space. "It would've been fantastic if we saw Ed Dwight walking on the moon," says black astronaut Robert Satcher. Mon, 02 Mar 2020 02:09:00 GMT /2020-03-01/black-in-space-explores-nasas-small-steps-and-giant-leaps-toward-equality Michel Martin /npr-news/2020-02-07/a-moon-landing-in-2024-nasa-says-itll-happen-others-say-no-way The Trump administration keeps repeating that the U.S. will return humans to the moon in 2024. That may be technically possible, but only if the money appears and if everything goes perfectly. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:01:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-02-07/a-moon-landing-in-2024-nasa-says-itll-happen-others-say-no-way Nell Greenfieldboyce /npr-news/2020-01-15/2019-was-the-2nd-hottest-year-on-record-according-to-nasa-and-noaa Last year's data collected by the agencies is the latest confirmation that the Earth is steadily getting hotter. The planet is now almost 1 degree Celsius warmer than it was in the mid-20th century. Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:21:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-01-15/2019-was-the-2nd-hottest-year-on-record-according-to-nasa-and-noaa Rebecca Hersher /2019-07-31/drone-infrastructure-flying-through-critical-urban-testing These days, drones are everywhere--from the ones you can buy at your local Costco to news drones giving birds' eye views of sporting events. Soon, you... Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:37:52 GMT /2019-07-31/drone-infrastructure-flying-through-critical-urban-testing Noah Glick