NASA

Real Big - Real Close

If you are into stargazing and/or looking at the moon, this is awesome news. You can view the International Space Station with the naked eye from right here in Casper.

If you love taking a blanket, laying on your back and looking at the Stars, Wyoming is one of the best states because of the lack of "light pollution" and for the next month is going to be even better.

According to the National Weather Service, for southeast Wyoming residents, ''Total eclipse begins at 511 AM MDT. Greatest eclipse is at 519 AM MDT. Total eclipse ends at 526 AM MDT."

Mars has long been a deathtrap for incoming spacecraft.

If you think Wyoming is a looker from the ground, you should see us from space. Recent pics show our state from miles above the earth and include viewpoints we've never seen of last year's wildfires.

You may have noticed the gorgeous full moon over Wyoming this week, but I bet you haven't seen it as close up as this zoomed in video shows.

We always encourage our Wyoming students to aim high. Midwest School took that direction literally a few months ago when they launched a high-altitude balloon nearly 100,000 feet over Wyoming.

It's hard to believe that this summer is the 32nd anniversary of the wildfire that nearly consumed Yellowstone National Park. I remember that summer of 1988 like it was yesterday.

The six-wheeled rover will drill down and collect tiny geological samples that will eventually be retrieved and brought home in about a decade.