Sunday, February 23, 2020

Meeting NASA's newest astronauts

http://www.khou.com/video/news/local/sugar-land-native-among-newest-nasa-astronauts/285-24b0c7ea-501e-47af-8443-b540583114fa?jwsource=cl

It's been a while since I posted a story.. But this was a fun one.  I got to cover NASA's newest class of astronauts as they were introduced during a ceremony at Houston's Johnson Space Center.  I didn't realize that one of them was a Houston-area native.  Fortunately, she gave us a few words in a separate interview and became the "peg" of my story.  Being so close to a NASA facility provides a lot of interesting stories.  We could almost have a bureau there and cover nothing but space-related news.

Inside a NASA habitat meant to mimic Mars

https://www.khou.com/article/tech/science/space/nasa-mars-habitat-test/285-2b700b9f-dbb7-4f54-82c5-8ca72924dd14   It's always fun to get...