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• Dawn spacecraft continues to next destination

  September 5, 2012 7:49 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA says the Dawn spacecraft is journeying to its next destination after spending a year at a giant asteroid. The space agency said Wednesday it received a signal from the spacecraft confirming that it left the asteroid Vesta and is cruising toward the dwarf planet Ceres... more »

• New Mars mission begins this weekend

  July 30, 2012 7:09 PM

  NASA's most ambitious and expensive Mars mission begins this weekend with the arrival of the smartest rover ever built. Like an Olympic gymnast, the rover must "stick the landing." It won't be easy. The touchdown for the rover called Curiosity is so risky it's been described as "seven minutes of... more »

• Mission to Mars

  November 26, 2011 8:10 AM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is all set to launch the world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer. A six-wheeled, one-armed Mars rover is due to blast off Saturday morning from Cape Canaveral. The unmanned Atlas V rocket will put the spacecraft on an 8½-month trek to the red planet. ... more »

• Ohio student dies on Costa Rica mission trip

  May 5, 2011 11:44 AM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio school says a student died in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica and two others were pulled out to sea by an undertow current while on a school mission trip. Patriot Preparatory Academy in Columbus says in a statement that the other two... more »

• Transformer causes fire at YWAM

  February 7, 2011 1:19 PM

  A transformer caught fire outside the Youth With a Mission building on Popes Bluff on the west side of Colorado Springs this morning. The small explosion and fire burned the outside of the YWAM building. But by the time fire crews got there residents and employees had put out... more »

• 302nd Air Lift Wing on stand-by for fires in Israel

  December 4, 2010 2:24 PM

  The 302nd Air Lift Wing has just released the following statement; "The first of approximately 50 Air Force Reservists and two Modular Airborne Firefighting System equipped C-130 Hercules from Colorado's 302nd Airlift Wing will leave here Saturday, Dec. 4 to begin travel to Israel to provide aerial firefighting support.... more »

• Wayside Cross preps for big Thanksgiving meal

  November 24, 2010 2:08 PM

  50 turkeys. 45 pies. 200lbs of mashed potatoes. It's an ambitious task to cook a Thanksgiving meal for 800 guests. "I've been cooking turkeys for the past 5 days," said William Muldrew, head chef at the Wayside Cross Gospel Rescue Mission in Pueblo. The Wayside Cross is preparing food for... more »

• Mars mission led by CU-Boulder gets green light

  October 6, 2010 8:31 AM

  NASA has given the go-ahead to a $438 million mission led by the University of Colorado-Boulder to investigate Mars and the likelihood that it once harbored life. NASA said Tuesday that a review team approved the plans and budget for the project, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN.... more »

• Homeless shelter opens bargain buffet for public

  September 20, 2010 7:34 PM

  A homeless shelter in Pueblo has come up with a unique concept to help make ends meet. The Wayside Cross Gospel Rescue Mission recently opened a lunch buffet to the public. The cost is a $1.50 per pound of food. The shelter says it expects to raise money because 70%... more »

• President to address the nation on Iraq

  August 31, 2010 8:32 AM

  President Barack Obama speaks to the nation tonight to herald the formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. The president will say tonight he's fulfilled a campaign promise. Ahead of the speech, he's thanking troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, for the valor they've shown in Iraq.... more »

• Colorado memorial planned for dentist killed in Afghanistan

  August 9, 2010 9:36 AM

  Friends and family of a Durango dentist killed in Afghanistan say he was dedicated to delivering free dental care to children in poor countries. Thomas Grams, 51, was one of 10 members of a medical team gunned down last week. The Taliban has claimed credit for the attack, saying... more »

• Search to resume for F-16 fuel tanks

  July 23, 2010 8:37 AM

  The Colorado Air National Guard will resume its search today for external fuel tanks jettisoned over open country as the pilot of an F-16 prepared to make an emergency landing in Colorado Springs. The fighter landed without incident. Maj. Nicole David says the tanks aren't dangerous but are important... more »

• Shuttle Atlantis lifts off into outer space

  May 14, 2010 4:15 PM

  Space shuttle Atlantis is on its way to orbit for the last time. Atlantis and an experienced crew of six blasted off Friday afternoon from Cape Canaveral in Florida. More than 40,000 guests gathered at the launch site, all of them eager to catch one of the few remaining shuttle... more »

• NASA moon mission killed on Columbia anniversary

  February 1, 2010 12:46 PM

  President Barack Obama has killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon. The move came on the seventh anniversary of the space shuttle tragedy that triggered the return to the moon plan. The White House said the program was too much like the 1960s Apollo mission and... more »

• NASA launches sky-mapping telescope

  December 14, 2009 10:54 AM

  A NASA spacecraft blasted into space early Monday on a mission to map the whole sky in search of hidden asteroids, comets and other celestial objects. The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, lifted off aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California... more »

• Hundreds enjoy Thanksgiving meal in Pueblo Play Video

  November 26, 2009 2:34 PM

  Hundreds turned out for a free Thanksgiving Day meal at the Union Depot in Pueblo. The doors opened at 11 a.m. and within the first hour and half, organizers estimate they served 600 people. The meal included all the traditional favorites: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, dinner rolls and pumpkin... more »

• Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

  November 23, 2009 11:03 AM

  A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday to take care of some odd jobs at the International Space station. Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. and Randolph Bresnik - the father of a new baby girl - got started on the work... more »

• Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission

  November 16, 2009 2:33 PM

  Space shuttle Atlantis is rocketing toward the space station. Atlantis blasted off Monday afternoon, carrying six astronauts and a full load of spare parts to the International Space Station. The shuttle will reach the orbiting outpost Wednesday. The supply run should keep the space station humming for years to come,... more »

• Space shuttle Discovery leaves Louisiana for Florida

  September 21, 2009 11:17 AM

  Space shuttle Discovery has left Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana on the last leg of its cross-country flight home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle is being ferried atop a modified 747 aircraft, known as a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Discovery ended a two-week, 5.7-million mile mission... more »

• NASA's moon mission grounded by Obama panel

  September 8, 2009 3:10 PM

  A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA's return-to-the-moon plan just won't fly. The problem is money. The expert panel estimates it would cost about $3 billion a year beyond NASA's current budget. The plan to revisit the moon by 2020 was proposed five years ago by then-President... more »