/tags/space-exploration space exploration en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:29:25 GMT /news/2025-02-25/the-quest-for-water-heads-to-the-moon-via-spacecraft-built-in-colorado The Lockheed Martin space division in Littleton built the Lunar Trailblazer satellite, which will orbit the moon to locate where water may be hiding. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with The Colorado Sun Publisher Larry Ryckman and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:29:25 GMT /news/2025-02-25/the-quest-for-water-heads-to-the-moon-via-spacecraft-built-in-colorado Tamara Chuang, The Colorado Sun /news/2024-10-07/scientists-seeking-answers-about-mars-look-to-the-colorado-rivers-canyons Ancient rainstorms may have sculpted the red planet, similar to the monsoon rains that helped shape the Southwest’s landscape Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-07/scientists-seeking-answers-about-mars-look-to-the-colorado-rivers-canyons Rae Solomon /npr-news/2019-07-18/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening In the early 1960s, NASA was considering three different ideas for landing a man on the lunar surface. Houbolt's plan ultimately won out despite concerns within NASA that it was too risky. Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:00:39 GMT /npr-news/2019-07-18/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening Scott Neuman /npr-news/2019-04-01/young-astronomer-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-discover-2-exoplanets A team led by an undergraduate student at the University of Texas, Austin has found two new planets by using artificial intelligence to sift through data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:07:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-04-01/young-astronomer-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-discover-2-exoplanets Joe Palca /npr-news/2019-01-31/exploring-the-mysterious-origins-of-mars-3-mile-high-sand-pile Space scientists on Earth have improvised a tool on the Mars rover to help them figure out how a giant mountain on the Red Planet came to be. Their surprising conclusion: It's likely windswept sand. Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:22:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-01-31/exploring-the-mysterious-origins-of-mars-3-mile-high-sand-pile Joe Palca /education/2018-08-02/colorado-school-of-mines-goes-interplanetary-with-new-space-resources-program Starting this fall, our region will host something new: a graduate program in space resources.“This is the very first program in the world that is focused… Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:10:30 GMT /education/2018-08-02/colorado-school-of-mines-goes-interplanetary-with-new-space-resources-program Rae Ellen Bichell