Students and residents watched with wide eyes on Tuesday as Caribou native Jessica Meir talked about living and working on the International Space Station. Read More
Nearly 25 years ago, Jessica Meir wrote in her high school yearbook that her dream was to go on a spacewalk. But Meir isn’t content to stop there: her next dream is a moonshot. Read More
The world's first all-female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, replacing a broken part of the International Space Station's power grid. Read More
Caribou native and astronaut Jessica Meir made history this morning as she and fellow astronaut Christina Koch embarked on the first all-woman spacewalk at 7:50 a.m. Read More
Maine native Jessica Meir's first spacewalk will be a historic one. Read More
Jessica Meir will venture outside the International Space Station on Friday morning into the vastness of space — and history. Read More
NASA is moving up its first all-female spacewalk to later this week after a power system failure at the International Space Station. Read More
It is the first of three spacewalks the Caribou native will go on this month. Read More
Talk about a long-distance phone call. Read More
The announcement comes almost seven months after NASA scrapped its plans for the first all-female spacewalk. Read More
NASA says the protein crystallization research may prove vital to developing treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases. Read More
Out of more than 200 downlink proposals, NASA approved Caribou and only nine others in the country. Read More
On Wednesday, Jessica Meir became the first Maine woman to travel to space when the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan and circled Earth four times before sojourning to the international space stations some 220 miles above the planet. Read More
Jessica Meir will reach the International Space Station about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, completing her six-hour space flight. Read More
Jessica Meir, a Caribou native, entered orbit just after 10 a.m., and will disembark at the International Space Station about 4 p.m. Read More
This will make Jessica Meir the third Mainer, and first Maine woman, to slip the surly bonds of Earth. Read More
Jessica Meir on Wednesday morning will soar far above the gentle slopes of her native Caribou and towering Katahdin to heights most Mainers could only dream of. Read More
Jessica Meir, an Aroostook County native, will fly some 220 miles above the Earth to the International Space Station on Sept. 25, her first spaceflight since becoming an astronaut in 2013. Read More
