Blue Origin scrubs NS-35 launch
UPDATE: Blue Origin announced they are scrubbing today’s launch. The company posted on X: “The team encountered an issue related to the booster’s…
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New report looks at Spaceport America’s economic impact on New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU’s Arrowhead Center and the Center for Border Economic Development just published a study on Spaceport America’s…
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Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of…
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Blue Origin launches successful NS-34 mission with 6 crew members on board
VAN HORN, Texas (KVIA) — Blue Origin launched its 14th human spaceflight as part of the New Shepard Program, and its 34th overall flight from Launch…
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Starlink spotted in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Some residents of the Borderland reported to ABC-7 about a trail of lights they saw crossing the sy last night. What viewers…
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Blue Origin announces crew of New Shepard’s 34th Mission
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Blue Origin announced the crew of the New Shepard’s 34th Mission today. The crew includes Arvi Bahal, Gökhan Erdem,…
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Rocket launched from White Sands studies Sun, impact on Earth
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The thunder of a solid rocket booster hurtling a scientific payload to the edge of space shook the sides of buildings on…
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Blue Origin N-S 33 lifts off from West Texas
Watch ABC-7’s livestream of the launch below: VAN HORN, Texas (KVIA)– Blue origin’s new Shepard rocket blasted off from the company’s launch site…
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WATCH: Blue Origin to launch 13th human flight
Watch the webcast of the flight below: VAN HORN, Texas (KVIA) — The next New Shepard crewed flight, NS-33, was scheduled to lift off from Launch…
Continue Reading Blue Origin Launch: 12th human flight
Blue Origin released the following statement after the NS-32 successfully touched down: Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its 12th human…
Continue ReadingVoyager 1 is sending data back to Earth for the first time in 5 months
Originally Published: 22 APR 24 19:13 ETBy Ashley Strickland, CNNEditor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the…
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American rocket launched overnight from Florida, marking the first lunar launch in 50 years
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 50 years after the first American mission to the moon a new American rocket launching overnight from Cape…
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El Paso Native’s Cosmic Journey: Voyager Mission honors Brian Martin Stangle’s lifelong dream
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a groundbreaking venture, Celestis, Inc., a pioneer in memorial spaceflight services, is poised to launch its deep space…
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India makes historic uncrewed landing on the moon’s south pole
(CNN) — India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat. The mission…
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Virgin Galactic’s first tourism space flight successfully lands
SPACEPORT, NM (KVIA) — History in the making as Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity prepares for their first tourist aboard launch from Spaceport America at…
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ABC-7 Xtra: Are We Alone in the Universe?
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — All eyes and ears were on a whistleblower’s congressional subcommittee testimony last month regarding the existence of life…
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NASA Plus Streaming Service Is Coming Soon
(KVIA) — NASA is getting ready to take the streaming wars to the moon. The space agency released this new trailer for its first on-demand streaming…
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El Pasoans sharing their thoughts on U.S. House’s UFO hearing
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Borderland residents weighed in on the debate over whether or not aliens are real as a U.S. House of Representatives…
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Whistleblower tells Congress the US is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force…
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Borderland students sending experiments to edge of space on potentially record-setting flight
DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — Students from Sunland Park, Anthony, and Las Cruces are sending science experiments to the edge of space on the…
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Next commercial Virgin Galactic flight out of Spaceport America expected in August
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virgin Galactic announced on Thursday that its next mission flight window will open August 10. The upcoming…
Continue ReadingVirgin Galactic launches first paying customers to the edge of space
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Virgin Galactic, the venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, successfully launched its first paying…
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Never before seen in space, a molecule needed for life is spotted by Webb telescope
Originally Published: 26 JUN 23 18:08 ET By Ashley Strickland, CNN Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore…
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Virgin Galactic’s Unity 25 test flight lands successfully with Las Cruces native onboard
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virgin Galactic successfully landed its Unity 25 test flight, marking a triumphant conclusion to a mission…
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Las Cruces native announced as part of Virgin Galactic’s next space flight
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virgin Galactic is blasting off from southern New Mexico once again. The Unity 25 crew was just announced on…
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El Paso native plays big role in Artemis I launch
EL PASO, Texas – Yvonne Villegas-Aguilera, born and raised in El Paso, is a trailblazer within the NASA community. She’s the first member of her…
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El Paso Space Festival Rocket Launch Event was a success
EL PASO, Texas – The 2022 El Paso Space Festival ended with a bang! On Saturday, space and rocket enthusiasts, alongside both young and old…
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2022 El Paso Space Festival partnered up with EP Intl. for sustainability in space event
EL PASO, Texas – All week long, local space enthusiasts both young and old have been able to unite and share their love for science. On Friday, with…
Continue ReadingNASA waves off next Artemis I launch attempt due to tropical storm
CNN’s Kristin Fisher explains the issues that led to NASA calling off the Artemis I launch for a second…
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Webb telescope takes its first direct image of an exoplanet
NASA’s newest telescope has captured the first image of a planet outside our solar system, also known as an exoplanet and this one is named HIP 65426…
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