Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis MissionsNASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. During […]Read the full story →LaToya Dean · October 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyChandra Finds Possible Origin of ‘Treble Clef’ WavesA formation of radio waves looks remarkably like a treble clef in this Oct. 14, 2026, image from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Researchers used Chandra to find that the Treble Clef is likely caused by an outburst from a supermassive black hole, followed by a collision of two galaxy clusters. Read more about this discovery. […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · October 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM
News Sun Prairie West sweeps Madison West to finish Big Eight playThe Wolves took their Senior Night volleyball match in three sets and closed conference competition at 7-2.Read the full story →Ryan Gregory · October 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM
News Sun Prairians take a stroll in others' shoes with walk auditSun Prairie residents joined the city, AARP and Greater Madison MPO to conduct a ‘Walk and Roll Audit’ of their communities streets and sidewalks on Monday, Oct. 5.Read the full story →Ethan Ferrell · October 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
News DeForest Village Board updates public comment rulesOn Oct. 6, the DeForest Village Board revised its public comment policy while reviewing options for remote participation at meetings.Read the full story →Ethan Ferrell · October 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
News Sun Prairie administrator outlines proposed 2027 budget cutsThe city's budget proposal includes staffing and program reductions while retaining funding for two police positions and a firefighter.Read the full story →Aaron Oppenheimer Sun Prairie City Administrator · October 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center DirectorNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19. Cash, a veteran NASA engineer and aerospace executive, returns to lead the center where he began his career more than four decades ago. “Marshall contributions to NASA’s missions are historic and it’s […]Read the full story →Gerelle Q. Dodson · October 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
