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Hayley Arceneaux is a survivor of childhood cancer thanks to the miracles of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and now thanks to the folks at SpaceX she's been chosen for the upcoming all-civilian Inspiration4 mission into outer space.

This is not UL's first space-rodeo either.

The first weekend of 2021 brings with it the first meteor shower of the year. Talk about making an entrance!

Watch as SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking in this time-lapsed video.

Keep your eyes on the sky this evening for a chance to view the International Space Station. According to our guy Rob Perillo over at KATC-TV3, you may also be able to see the SpaceX crew delivering some astronauts to the ISS.

National data shows that Louisiana ranks 49th in the United States for UFO Sightings.

Here are 10 (11 if you include mine) times people have reported strange sights in the skies of Acadiana. Have you seen anything that defies explanation?

Every 6,800 years you can catch a glimpse of Comet NEOWISE zooming through the inner solar system. So yes, now is the time to grab your binoculars or a small telescope and get ready to brag to your fellow stargazing friends that you saw IT.

The world's youngest astronaut-in-training is 18-year-old Alyssa Carson from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

A cosmic explosion that took place during the stone age may be visible soon, well relatively soon, to stargazers on Earth.

Most people that know me, know that I'm a complete space nut. I love this stuff, and really love reading about our state's involvement.

NASA aims to put boots on the moon in 2024 and the latest glimpse of the rocket core stage for the Artemis moon mission is being unveiled today at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

In what sounds like a SyFy Channel movie, the internet says a skull shaped asteroid will pass by Earth on Halloween night. The problem is, it already did three years ago in 2015.

The annual Perseid meteor shower lasts for several days.

The Angry Birds franchise turned to NASA for the development and promotion of their game Angry Birds Space. Now it appears the space agency is turning to the super-addictive game for their latest strategy to explore the great beyond.

We have all seen the footage of Daredevil Felix Baumgartner  leaping towards earth as he stood 24-miles above earth. Now, we have footage as he saw it---with the head cam shot!!!

Today a base-jumper named Felix Baumgartner attempted a record-breaking high altitude jump from the place where the Earth's atmosphere ends and space begins.

In the wake of a failed marriage there are many questions. While, "what should I do with my wedding band?" probably isn't atop the "post matrimony to-do list", it's still a loaded question. Recent divorcee Rebecca Gibbs, an uber-creative New Zealander faced with that very question, decided to take matters into her own hands and launch the symbol of her failed marriage into spac

The Space Shuttle Endeavor is heading home this morning, atop a 747 jet, and it will passing over Acadiana as it heads to Houston. The exact time it will fly over Acadiana is hard to predict, but if all goes as planned the Endeavor should be over Acadiana around 9:45am Wednesday.

The internet has been having a lot of fun with the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. There were a whole bunch of memes. And, of course, there’s mohawk guy Bobak Ferdowsi, who’s successfully bridged the gap between geek and punk. But the real fun is going to begin when we start to getting hold of more of the photos and videos Curiosity is going to beam back to earth.