MIDDLEBURY – Northridge junior Elsa Fretz was notified this week of three club swim times ranking within the top 100 in the world.

WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Bicentennial Committee presents Norman Tokarz who will be doing a presentation on NASA and the Kennedy Space Center’s preparation for the human launch to Mars in 2030. NASA Chief, Operations and Test Management Division, Ground Systems Development and Operations Norman Tokarz will be speaking at Lakeview Middle School 4 p.m. to 5:30 …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — This year’s Perseids meteor shower is expected to be quite a show as astronomers predict a major “burst” of meteors during the annual peak. According to EarthSky.org, up to 200 meteors per hour could make for a spectacular show the evening of Thursday, Aug. 11-Friday, Aug. 12. However, whether or not viewers will be able …read more.

WARSAW — Dreams of putting humans on Mars may be less than a generation away, and NASA’s Norman Tokarz is coming to Warsaw to tell how it will be done. Tokarz is the operations manager for ground systems development and operations at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. He will give a presentation during Kosciusko County’s Indiana Bicentennial …read more.

PASADENA, CALIF. — NASA says it has received a signal from 540 million miles across the solar system, confirming its Juno spacecraft has successfully started orbiting Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.

NEW YORK — The crew of an Apollo mission to the moon were so startled when they encountered strange music-like radio transmissions coming through their headsets, they didn’t know whether or not to report it to NASA, it’s been revealed.

CAPE CANAVERAL — On Jan. 16, 2016, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly shared photographs of a blooming zinnia flower in the Veggie plant growth system aboard the International Space Station. Kelly wrote, “Yes, there are other life forms in space! #SpaceFlower #YearInSpace”

LOMPOC, CALIF. — SpaceX’s latest attempt to land a rocket upright on a platform in the Pacific Ocean failed in a spectacular fashion on Sunday.

INDIANAPOLIS — Expect a rare sight in the sky overhead this Christmas, and no, we’re not talking about Santa Claus.

Last year, Drew Iwanicki was paid $18,000 in 70 days. NASA had put out an advertisement for a study on bedrest that made its way to Reddit. Iwanacki saw the ad and applied one day, think nothing of it. NASA, however, responded fairly swiftly, and soon, Iwanacki was lying on his back getting paid $10 an hour.

KOSCIUSKO — Millions of particles of comet dust are bombarding the atmosphere, putting on a spectacular nighttime show. According to NASA, the annual Perseid meteor shower is currently at its peak, with 50 to 100 meteors per hour visible. The best viewing would be from a spot with as little artificial light as possible. Viewing time is from 10 …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — Tonight, eyes will turn to the sky to witness an event that happens only once in a blue moon — literally. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration website, a blue moon does not appear blue. Rather, the colorful nickname has been attached to the second full moon to occur within a …read more.

NASA’s probe New Horizons will do a flyby of Pluto tomorrow, July 14, after traveling for more than nine years to reach the small, icy planet. The historic event will make the United States the first nation to send a probe to every planet in our solar system from Mercury to Pluto. NASA has stated …read more.

NASA will launch a test flight of a flying saucer-shaped vehicle from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii at 1 p.m. EDT today. The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project is a step toward a manned Mars landing. The blast-off had originally been scheduled for last week, but was cancelled due to bad …read more.

[weaver_youtube 8d67f2Vu3Qg rel=0] A Noblesville High School student’s class project is earning her more than just a good grade, it’s garnering attention from a pretty important group: NASA is now following her updates on social media. Jessie Elliott, a junior, is working on a project for Don Wettrick’s Innovations class regarding light pollution. She wants …read more.

Not long before sunrise tomorrow morning, April 4, the full moon should turn a lovely shade of celestial red during a brief total lunar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible from all parts of the United States, however eastern North America will only see the beginning stages of the eclipse before sunrise, starting at about …read more.

[weaver_youtube S8Dy1kySAKM rel=0] He has been all over the world, and even out of it, but Indiana is Kevin Ford’s home. The retired U.S. Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut from Montpelier spoke for over an hour Thursday night to the crowd that had gathered at the Warsaw Community High School Performing Arts Center. Warsaw Community …read more.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a galaxy cluster, named SDSS J1038+4849, that resembles a smiling face. According to analysis, NASA says the two “eyes” in the face are very bright galaxies and the “smile” lines are arcs formed by an effect known as strong gravitational lensing. The gravitational pull exerted by …read more.

An asteroid, designated 2004 BL86 by NASA, will pass by the Earth safely today. From the asteroid’s reflected brightness, astronomers estimate it to be about a third of a mile in size. The flyby will be the closest of any known asteroid this large until 2027. At the time of it’s closest approach, it will …read more.

By Emil Venere, Cynthia Sequin Purdue University Two Purdue University innovators have been selected by Forbes magazine for its annual “30 Under 30” list of outstanding young researchers who are younger than 30. Rebecca Kramer, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering‘s School of Mechanical Engineering, and Ian Klein, a graduate student in the …read more.

Items representing Purdue University’s contributions to flight and space history flew onboard this week’s first test of Orion from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex. Purdue is the alma mater of 23 NASA astronauts. The Orion flight test, a two-orbit, four-hour flight that tested many of the systems most critical to safety, was …read more.

Reader AL Mitterling sent us this photo of the “blood moon” taken south of Warsaw at 3:04 a.m., just two minutes before totality. Mitterling shot the photo with his Canon Rebel digital camera using a telephoto lens.(Photo provided by AL Mitterling) For those who missed this morning’s total lunar eclipse (see related) due to cloud …read more.

Those residing in North America and much of South America will receive front row seats to a rare view of a total lunar eclipse early tomorrow morning. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration tonight will mark the first of four total eclipses that will occur by September 2015. A lunar eclipse occurs when the …read more.

The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has received a 1-year $200,000 grant from the NASA Aeronautics Research Institute through its program of Leading Edge Aeronautics. The grant funds a collaborative project by IUPUI, Purdue University, Tuskegee University and Rolls Royce Corporation that explores innovative concepts for future airplane engines. …read more.

  Farmers across the United States hoped for rain in July 2012 as a drought of historic proportions parched key commodity crops, including corn, soybeans, and wheat. On July 11, the United States Department of Agriculture announced that more than 1,000 counties in 26 states qualified as natural disaster areas—the largest total area ever declared a disaster …read more.