MS/HS. Space Systems
A Trio of Space Satellites Launch to Study the Sun’s Violent Side
Cape Canaveral, Florida — A group of space weather satellites lifted off Wednesday morning to closely observe solar storms that…
With Puerto Rico in her heart! Deborah Martorell travels to space on a Blue Origin mission
Early Sunday morning, Puerto Rico made space history once again when the New Shepard suborbital vehicle took off with six crew…
Marcos Berríos receives astronaut "wings" from fellow Puerto Rican Joseph Acabá
"I hope to make you proud," says the new astronaut as he sends a message to Puerto Rico during an interview with El Nuevo Dia…
With Eyes towards the Sky: From Puerto Rico to Yale and back again.
When astrophysicist Dr. Héctor Arce returned home to Puerto Rico in October of 2015, it was to bring a handful of Yale…
Puerto Rican astronaut Joseph Acabá arrives at the International Space Station
The Puerto Rican astronaut, Joseph Acabá, went into space where he will collaborate on the research conducted in the…
Yaireska Collado, Puerto Rican at NASA who narrated the eclipse, shares her story
Dr. Yaireska Collado Vega, who co-presented NASA's solar eclipse transmission, shares her story and why she wore a shirt…
Dr. Eduardo Nicolau: creating solutions with nanoparticle chemistry
The International Space Station (ISS) as well as space shuttles possess a limited amount of energy to keep their equipment…
Planets with two suns could be habitable
Many of the stars that we see are binary (double), curiously planets discovered in these two sun systems could be habitable.…
Puerto Rican scientist studies meteor impact
Cristina Lugo Centeno, graduate student in earth sciences at Syracuse University has discovered evidence of a meteor impact in…
The Puerto Rican astronaut Joseph Acabá will return to space
The Puerto Rican astronaut, Joseph Acabá, will return to space in September on a new NASA mission. He will travel aboard Soyuz…
Arecibo Observatory helps solve mystery in galaxy far away
Astronomers identified, for the first time, the location of repetitive emissions called fast radio bursts (FRB) to a galaxy 2.5…
Spectacular image of San Juan taken from space
A new image taken at 4:00 pm on March 2, 2016 as the International Space Station was above Puerto Rico, shows the San Juan…