• SUBSCRIBE
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Item
The North State Journal
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Business
  • About
June 2, 2023

outer space

Article

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship

July 16, 2021 North State Journal Staff

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival Jeff Bezos. […]

Article

Bezos plans to go to space aboard Blue Origin flight in July

June 7, 2021 Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

Jeff Bezos will be aboard for Blue Origin’s first human space flight next month. In an Instagram post early Monday, Bezos said he, his brother, and the winner of an ongoing auction, will be aboard […]

Article

Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancer

April 28, 2021 Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic first steps on the lunar surface, died Wednesday. He was 90. Collins died of cancer, his […]

Article

Cosmic mouthful: Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth

March 29, 2021 The Associated Press

BORDEAUX, France — It tastes like rose petals. It smells like a campfire. It glistens with a burnt-orange hue. What is it? A 5,000-euro bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year in space. […]

Article

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

February 19, 2021 Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer […]

Article

Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries

December 20, 2020 Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the 17th century. Astronomers say so-called conjunctions between the […]

The Latest

  • Cohen reportedly tapped by Biden to lead CDC

    June 1, 2023
    RALEIGH — Former N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen has been tapped by President Joe Biden to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), numerous media reports indicate. [...]
  • WSSU’s Donald Evans and the value of spreading yourself thin
    June 1, 2023
  • Ryan Blaney wins Coca-Cola 600, snaps 59-race winless streak
    May 29, 2023
  • Walter Royal, North Carolina chef who won on ‘Iron Chef America’ cooking with ostrich, dies at 67
    May 23, 2023
  • THE WORD: Enjoy to your peril 
    May 20, 2023
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina headquarters in Durham. N.C.
    North Carolina legislature passes insurance bill allowing Blue Cross to reorganize
    May 31, 2023
  • Debt ceiling deal: McCarthy’s balancing act, Biden’s choice and the challenges ahead
    May 31, 2023
  • May Council of State news roundup
    June 1, 2023
  • Wake Forest leads 8 NC teams in NCAA baseball tournament
    June 1, 2023
  • BARONE: Mugged by reality? Or respectful of common sense? 
    June 1, 2023
  • New owners plan to move Down East Wood Ducks out of Kinston
    June 1, 2023
  • WSSU’s Donald Evans and the value of spreading yourself thin
    June 1, 2023
Current Print Issue
The Whole State. The Whole Story.
Contact Us
Home
News
Subscribe
Site Map
Follow on Facebook

© 2022 — North State Media LLC