CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon. NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century. This image provided by NASA shows a downlink image of …
Read More »Mocs News April 3
We have team coverage of the No Kings rallies across the nation and here in Chattanooga. A UTC department undergoes a name change. What’s the weather for the holiday weekend and who’s in the Final Four? We have the answers and more.
Read More »Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after rocketing away on NASA’s first lunar voyage in decades
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a landing in two years. Carrying three Americans and one Canadian, the 32-story rocket rose from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center where tens …
Read More »NASA begins the countdown for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA began the countdown Monday for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years. The 32-story Space Launch System rocket is poised to blast off Wednesday evening with four astronauts. After a day in orbit around Earth, their Orion capsule will propel them to the moon and …
Read More »The Final Four is set as UConn stuns Duke to join Illinois, Arizona and Michigan
All that talent at Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And somebody has to play the part of the unheralded “little guy.” At the Final Four next weekend, that role belongs, improbably, to Illinois. In a sign of the times, the Illinii — a Big Ten team …
Read More »Yaxel Lendeborg scores 27 points as Michigan rolls into the Final Four, beating Tennessee 95-62
CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg scored 27 points, Elliot Cadeau had 10 assists and Michigan rolled into the Final Four, overwhelming Tennessee for a 95-62 victory in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Morez Johnson Jr. added 12 points for top-seeded Michigan, which posted its 11th victory this season by at …
Read More »No Kings Protest in Chattanooga and Around the World
A local No Kings protest took place in Chattanooga at Ross’s Landing and Mocs News was there. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies across the country are predicting that the protests against the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration could add up to one of the largest …
Read More »Mocs News March 27
An abortion protest comes to campus and brings out both sides of the debate. TSA funding shutdown is causing major delays in airports nationwide. And the Tennessee legislature begins passage of a bill that impacts all Tennessee colleges and universities.
Read More »Blakes leads Vanderbilt to 1st Sweet 16 since 2009 with near triple-double in March Madness
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009. Vanderbilt (29-4) now is one off matching the 30-win seasons of the 1993 Final Four …
Read More »Jet collides with fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. 2 pilots killed
NEW YORK (AP) — An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truckwhile landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said. The fire truck was crossing the tarmac after being given permission to respond to …
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