NASA ready for second Artemis launch attempt
NASA's first moon mission in 50 years was delayed earlier in the week because of a fuel leak and faulty sensor, CBS2's Skyler Henry reports.
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NASA's first moon mission in 50 years was delayed earlier in the week because of a fuel leak and faulty sensor, CBS2's Skyler Henry reports.
Trouble cooling one of the giant rocket's engines and a balky valve needed for troubleshooting triggered a launch scrub.
Fuel leaks and engine issues forced the space agency to postpone the launch.
The jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 mission is going up for auction at Sotheby's.
Late astronaut Dr. Sally Ride was honored with a statue on Long Island, and as CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports, she broke barriers in many ways.
NASA said "this sonification is unlike any other done before."
CBS2 hears from NASA Earth Science Director Karen St. Germain.
In a mission more than two decades in the making, NASA launched the most expensive science probe ever built Saturday, a $10 billion telescope that will attempt to capture starlight from the first galaxies to be born in the fiery crucible of the Big Bang.
"The asteroid we are trying to hit is about the size of a football stadium," said Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division. "And we're going to try and hit it with something the size of a refrigerator."
If NASA goes ahead with the launch Saturday, it will likely be too cloudy to see the rocket from the New York City area.
The team is one of just five in the country chosen to fly high for the CubeSat challenge sponsored by U.S. Department of Education and NASA.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule caught up with the International Space Station early Saturday and glided in for a picture-perfect docking.
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.
NASA is gearing up for a historic flight. For the first time ever, the space agency will attempt to fly an aircraft on another planet.
Racing through space at more than 12,000 mph, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover reached Mars Thursday and pulled off a thrilling seven-minute plunge through the atmosphere to land on the surface of the red planet.
Lighting up the night sky, four astronauts shot into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Sunday for a 27-hour voyage to the International Space Station.
OSIRIS-REx touched down on the asteroid for approximately 16 seconds. A robotic arm then grabbed a handful of soil and rocks, before the spacecraft took off again.
Scientists are tracking Asteroid 2018VP1. There are no pictures of it flying through space since it's quite small, by the universe's standard.
Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico.
Nasa's Perseverance rover blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, starting its seven-month journey to Mars.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule caught up with the International Space Station early Sunday and glided in for a problem-free docking.
SpaceX and NASA made history by launching two astronauts into Earth's orbit on Saturday afternoon.
Her outer space dreams began in the sixth grade, and from Long Island to NASA, Jasmin Moghbeli is America's newest astronaut.
An out-of-this-world discovery was recently made by a Westchester County teen. It happened back in June, but remained under lock and key until this week.
The space agency is including a special plate with the names of thousands of Earthlings on their next mission to the red planet.
