The VASIMR engine being developed by Costa Rican physicist Franklin Chang DÃaz is one step closer to proving itself the best technology for propelling the next generation of spacecraft.
You've heard of Franklin Chang and Sandra Cauffman, but Costa Rica has sent other talents to NASA as well. Listen in on our chat with three Tico rockstar scientists.
Officials of the Costa Rica-based Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) on Monday announced they will launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise $75,000 needed to orbit the first Costa Rica satellite, a small device called picosatellite.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson talks with The Tico Times about where he thought NASA would be today 30 years after going into space and Costa Rica's goal of becoming a player in space exploration.
Four of the seven crew members of NASA’s STS-61C mission, including Tico astronaut Franklin Chang DÃaz, met Friday in Costa Rica to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their mission on board space shuttle Columbia.
Scientists will hold a press conference Thursday to discuss the latest in their hunt for gravitational waves, whose existence Albert Einstein predicted in his theory of general relativity 100 years ago.
