Colleen Cain got to do what few teachers in the country can do – test classroom experiments in zero gravity. Cain teaches seventh-grade science at Larson Middle School in Troy and earlier this month ...
GALVESTON, Texas — When the Apollo 11 crew got back from the moon 40 years ago this week, they showed no ill effects from seven days spent in weightlessness. But as American astronauts and Soviet ...
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Nearly three decades have passed since Lakewood native Jaime Chanter stared out of her high school classroom window to infinity and beyond. While the 1995 Lakewood High School ...
Program to Inspire Kids to Pursue Math and Science Kicks Off On Aug. 28 With First of 16 Microgravity Flights Scheduled in Eight Cities High School Musical 2’s Corbin Bleu to Experience Zero Gravity ...
Last Saturday, a two-seater SIAI-Marchetti S.211 jet took off from Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne with an expert aerobatic pilot at the controls and a case full of scientific experiments in the ...
Ashlie Smith, an eighth grade science teacher at Cranbrook schools, is one of eight teachers in the U.S. selected to perform student-designed experiments in zero gravity.
Purdue University researchers are collaborating with NASA to study cryogenic liquids in zero gravity, leading to the possibility of propellant depots and refueling spacecraft in orbit. As we plan for ...
The Krohn Conservatory's staff chose plants that looked "otherworldly" for the display, according to Manager Mark House. Krohn Conservatory's annual butterfly show is inspired by space this year.
What happens to soft matter when gravity disappears? To answer this, UvA physicists launched a fluid dynamics experiment on a sounding rocket. The suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 267 km ...
He sets out to prove that “impossible” trick shots aren’t as hard as they look—but quickly realizes how wrong he was. From 1,000-foot attempts to zero gravity experiments, every shot pushes the limits ...