Soviet spacecraft is plunging back to Earth 53 years after launch
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.
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A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.
"CBS Mornings" Gayle King and the rest of Blue Origin's historic all-women spaceflight crew blasted off on Monday.
King was part of the first al-female crew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, along with Katy Perry. Karen Hua shows us the spectacular view.
Whitson has already spent 675 days in space, more than any other American or woman in the world.
The aerospace engineer is part of the historic all-female crew blasting off on a Blue-Origin rocket on April 14.
Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams joined Crew 9 commander Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov for their long-awaited return to Earth.
There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in shades of red, orange and yellow during a total lunar eclipse.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus could be visible, but not all can be seen by the naked eye.
"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King revealed Thursday that she will be among the six passengers on Blue Origin's next history-making mission comprising all women.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
New research in the journal Nature indicates the moon is older than once believed. Meanwhile, NASA just released some pictures from space that look holiday festive—albeit, of course, unintentionally.
The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months.
The September Harvest Moon will see a partial lunar eclipse, peaking the night of Tuesday, Sept. 17.
The Starliner slammed into the discernible atmosphere 400,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean before descending to a parachute-and-airbag assisted touchdown.
NASA has bumped two female astronauts, including the commander, from the next SpaceX crew rotation flight to the International Space Station, freeing up two seats to give the agency's Starliner astronauts a ride home next February.
August's full moon, a rare blue moon and supermoon, is lighting up the night sky this week. Here's what time it peaks and where you should look.
The spacecraft, part of the Chang'e moon exploration program, will collect soil and rock samples.
The orbits of six planets will bring them to the same side of the sun to create a "planetary parade" in early June.
Ed Dwight trained to become the first African American astronaut but was never asked to join NASA. He finally flew into space on Sunday.
The forecasted conditions come after a weekend of jaw-dropping northern lights seen as far south as Florida and as "magnetically complex" sunspots bigger than Earth continue to emit solar flares.
A process called cryopreservation allows cells to remain frozen but alive for hundreds of years. For some animal cells, the moon is the closest place that's cold enough.
NASA says there are several radiation myths connected to the eclipse.
Next week's solar eclipse will require special shades when the moon and sun align. The last time a total eclipse was visible in Chicago was 2017. Experts say on April 8 in Chicago, the sun will be covered at about 94%. A team from the Adler Planetarium is preparing for the big event in Chicago and Carbondale in southern Illinois.
It hasn't been done in half a century, but on Thursday a U.S. spacecraft was expected to land on the moon. One local expert has been tracking the progress of the mission since last week's launch.
