Maine's first ever female astronaut, Jessica Meir is being honored for her incredible career. She joins a list of the state's most influential women, a rightful place for Meir.
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first civilian brought into space, tragically died aboard the Challenger space shuttle on January 28, 1986.
Students from the University of Maine's High Altitude Ballooning Group are traveling to South Carolina to take part in filming and live-streaming today's total solar eclipse for NASA.