Miami man is playing a role in the Artemis II mission
Adrian Ruiz, a cryogenics engineer, helped support the mission and ensured the rocket was ready for its final stage.
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Adrian Ruiz, a cryogenics engineer, helped support the mission and ensured the rocket was ready for its final stage.
DeSantis said moving NASA headquarters to the Kennedy Space Center makes sense. Not everyone agrees.
The governor said the agency's Washington D.C. headquarters is always empty and it makes sense to move them to Florida.
Cheers accompanied the rocket as it rode a huge trail of flames toward space
The space agency is still targeting a two-hour launch window on Wednesday
The rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center, hauling satellites to space for the US military
The Artemis I rocket will get its third launch attempt on Tuesday, September 27, but expected tropical weather could change that.
NASA scrubbed its second attempt to launch its Artemis 1 test flight on a mission to send an unpiloted capsule on a 37-day trip around the moon and back.
After multiple delays, the SpaceX Crew 3 mission is set to take off for the international space station.
A SpaceX rocket launch has been delayed until Wednesday.
A SpaceX capsule carrying four space tourists aimed for a splashdown off the Florida coast Saturday evening.
NASA and SpaceX are promising more Coast Guard patrols and fewer pleasure boaters for this weekend's splashdown by four astronauts.
Lighting up the pre-dawn sky, a Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage roared to life and shot away up the East Coast early Friday, boosting a refurbished SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule into orbit carrying four astronauts on a day-long trip to the International Space Station.
Vice President Mike Pence will visit Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
50 years ago our universe got just a little bit smaller when Neil Armstrong took that giant leap for mankind and set foot on the moon.
On Saturday, NASA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
On July 16th, fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 astronauts launched from the Kennedy Space Center on a historic mission to become the first people in history to walk on the moon.
A rocket known for launching satellites and other spacecraft into the sky for the past three decades is joining a hall-of-fame of sorts for historic rockets.
The International Space Station welcomed its first returning vehicle in years — a SpaceX Dragon capsule making its second delivery.
The Space Coast's latest rocket test could be called a blazing success.
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft waved off its planned rendezvous with the International Space Station due to a navigation error.
SpaceX is taking another shot at launching a rocket from NASA's historic moon pad.
The Happiest Place on Earth is closing its doors Thursday ahead of Hurricane Matthew.
An internal audit at NASA has revealed the launch control software under development for their deep-space exploration program is more than a year behind schedule and tens of millions of dollars above projected costs.
Is your bachelor's degree in science, math or engineering collecting dust as you skim through the wanted ads? Well, check the space travel section because NASA needs you.
The warrant is the 15th DeSantis has signed this year; Florida has executed 12 inmates so far in 2026.
Duniel Arecesgonzalez faces a felony theft charge after police found $852 worth of avocados in his truck and nearby bags.
Florida has 155 measles cases so far in 2026 and a vaccination rate well below the herd immunity threshold, according to the Florida Department of Health.
A powerful and deadly earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
The warrant is the 15th DeSantis has signed this year; Florida has executed 12 inmates so far in 2026.
Duniel Arecesgonzalez faces a felony theft charge after police found $852 worth of avocados in his truck and nearby bags.
Florida has 155 measles cases so far in 2026 and a vaccination rate well below the herd immunity threshold, according to the Florida Department of Health.
A powerful and deadly earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The winner of the August primary will face Republican candidate Te Brown in the November general election.
A U.S. Marine veteran from Massachusetts who has been held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges has been released.
Ahead of a flight from Turkey, President Trump secretly left Air Force One and was moved to another plane with the help of a catering truck, according to a source, as the U.S. grappled with a threat from Iran.
Two Senate Republicans released a set of 2021 texts that show Dr. Anthony Fauci discussing how to "weigh the potential risks against the benefits" of pregnant women taking COVID-19 vaccines.
President Trump signaled he would be piling economic pressure on Iran as the stalemate continued and Tehran laid out new conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement, Moody attempted to distance herself from the affair, suggesting the blame rests with the Governor and his Administration.
The race to see who will be the Democratic nominee to take on Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in District 27 is being closely watched.
Months after leaving TV news, Rodriguez is competing against former prosecutor Robin Peguero for the CD-27 nomination.
On Sunday, Collins spoke about the ruling on this week in South Florida and explained why he believes he is trailing the Republican frontrunner, Byron Donalds.
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
Federal officials issued a public health alert for meat products containing jalapeños that may be linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across at least 27 states.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
Two Michigan residents who had "significant underlying health conditions" have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Ariana Grande had been due to star alongside her "Wicked" co-star Jonathan Bailey in a production of "Sunday in the Park with George" in 2027.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.