On April 18, 2013, Richard Cook, a Canyon Country resident, was honored in the “100 Most Influential” list from TIME Magazine for his achievements in NASA’s rover missions. Cook shared the spotlight with his teammate Peter Theisinger. Both have been collaborators since 2003-2004, when they worked on the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Together or separately, Theisinger and Cook oversaw ...

Some Californians may hear or feel a sonic boom Friday evening as NASA’s Artemis II mission reenters Earth’s atmosphere, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Orion spacecraft carrying four astronauts from Artemis II is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast near San Diego between 5:07 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. PST. Sailors aboard the USS ...

Students from Emblem Academy in Santa Clarita are set to have an opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call is scheduled to stream live at 11:35 a.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 16, on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms, including ...

Castaic High School teacher Cody Kennedy has been selected to be a 2022 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA). Kennedy, who is the Science Department Chair at Castaic High School, was selected to be an NASA AAA along with 24 other teachers from 13 states. Teachers in the program are given training in astrophysics and planetary ...

Two student-led science projects from College of the Canyons have been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and are set to be launched in 2022. This is the first year that a COC student-researched and written proposal was selected for a large payload, as well as the first time that the school has incorporated student-designed functional art ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astronauts orbiting Earth on the International Space Station (ISS) answered questions from William S. Hart Union High School District students in a call Tuesday. NASA astronauts on the ISS spoke to Hart District students at La Mesa Junior High School on Tuesday through a live video feed, answering pre-recorded questions from students. “We have ...

Students from across the William S. Hart Union High School District in the Santa Clarita Valley are set to have the chance of a lifetime to interact directly with astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, August 31. La Mesa Junior High School was chosen by NASA to participate in an Earth-to-space call that is scheduled to air live ...

Three junior high teachers from William S. Hart Union High School District have been selected by NASA and the SETI Institute to fly on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Teachers Marisa Heflin from Arroyo Seco, Shelly Turski from La Mesa and Stacy Wade-Robb from Rio Norte are expected to fly as Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA) on NASA’s SOFIA ...