NASA Archives - Bangor Daily News

Watch: Artemis II moon mission rocket prepares to launch Wednesday

by BDN staff and wire reports April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

The mission set to launch Wednesday evening will be the first time astronauts are leaving Earth’s orbit since the 1972 Apollo mission.

Jessica Meir was inducted Saturday into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in San Diego.

Watch: Maine’s Jessica Meir launches off on mission to International Space Station

by Leela Stockley February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Caribou’s Jessica Meir to lead NASA mission to International Space Station

by Cameron Levasseur December 30, 2025December 31, 2025

How Houlton helped NASA win an Emmy award for its eclipse broadcast

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli July 22, 2025July 22, 2025

Radar confirms meteorite fell over Down East Maine

by Christopher Burns March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

NASA budget

by George Danby January 17, 2025January 16, 2025

Opinion Contributor

Europa mission could find life elsewhere in our solar system

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

NASA record holder can relate to astronauts stuck in space. He was, too

by The Associated Press August 29, 2024August 30, 2024

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater

by The Associated Press August 27, 2024August 28, 2024

NASA transportation issues

by George Danby August 17, 2024August 16, 2024

NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth

by The Associated Press April 15, 2024April 16, 2024

NASA project leads to friendship between citizen scientists and Aroostook family

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli April 14, 2024April 15, 2024

State

Watch Live: NASA stream captures eclipse across US

by Leela Stockley April 8, 2024April 8, 2024

Opinion Contributor

Mining on the moon?

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist January 8, 2024January 8, 2024

Former NSA worker pleads guilty to trying to sell US secrets to Russia

by The Associated Press October 23, 2023October 24, 2023

Bill Nelson toured a new test stand at Brunswick Executive Airport, where bluShift is preparing to fire its next rocket engine.

NASA administrator tours Brunswick aerospace facility

by Irwin Gratz, Maine Public June 29, 2023June 29, 2023

Jessica Meir was on the shortlist for NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon.

Maine astronaut Jessica Meir won’t be on NASA’s moon mission

by Christopher Burns April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn

by The Associated Press February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

The group of Bangor middle-schoolers aims to track how air pollution and changes at various altitudes using a high-altitude balloon.

Bangor students will track air pollution with balloon for NASA program

by Kathleen O'Brien January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90

by The Associated Press January 3, 2023January 3, 2023