"It is a monster!": Massive NASA moon rocket set for historic flight
Years late and billions over budget, the SLS rocket is being readied for blastoff on an unpiloted test flight to lunar orbit.
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Years late and billions over budget, the SLS rocket is being readied for blastoff on an unpiloted test flight to lunar orbit.
The next window for launch is on Friday.
NASA says the exoplanet, located just 100 light years away, could be a "water world."
Modesto mom and former graphic designer Judy Schmidt processed some mind-blowing new images of Jupiter that were recently released by NASA, and now her intergalactic gifts are getting a lot of attention, as Adrienne Moore explains.
It's the start of a new mission: an unmanned rocket is set to blast-off Monday. A local company, Aerojet Rocketdyne, contributed to the project by building the jettison motor for the Orion Capsule on the rocket.
All over the globe, the Sturgeon moon gave viewers one last supermoon before 2023.
A stellar nursery where stars are born, interactions between galaxies and a unique view of an exoplanet are just some of the new cosmic images are being shared Tuesday.
In describing the image, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said all the stars and galaxies it encompassed were located in an area of space the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length by someone standing at ground level on Earth.
Earth is expected to pass through the debris trail of a broken comet on Monday night and early Tuesday morning. It could result in a brand new meteor shower.
A rocket part that's been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the first time a chunk of space junk has unintentionally slammed into the lunar surface.
While the asteroid is unlikely to be visible with the naked eye, amateur astronomers with a small telescope should be able to spot it, according to the website EarthSky.com.
NASA says that we can expect to see the asteroid in the sky between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Monday in California.
The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth's surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Monday to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change.
Stockton native and NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez is all in for the new era in space flight. After Virgin Galactic's successful first voyage to the edge of space Sunday, Hernandez spoke to CBS13 about the "new normal" in space travel.
A Natomas teacher aimed for the stars and you can say she made it. Domina Stamas got to soar into the stratosphere on a NASA mission.
The successful landing of NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover could not have happened without help from rocket scientists in Sacramento.
The jig may be up for an "asteroid" that's expected to get nabbed by Earth's gravity and become a mini moon next month.
Genetically enhanced "mighty mice" that were part of a heath experiment on the International Space Station have shown that blocking a molecular signaling pathway can protect against muscle and bone density loss in the absence of gravity.
They call themselves the "Quaranteens" and their talents are out of this world.
On the day before the presidential vote, no less.
When Felipe Valdez's family told him to shoot for the stars, he went big and did just that.
The moment is finally here. NASA is now accepting applications for aspiring astronauts.
NASA is asking for your help naming its next Mars Rover.
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 will be honored with a brand new special coming to CBS.
The Apollo program, which first took man to the moon, took a tremendous amount of resources. Now, public-private partnerships are helping move closer to the next moon landing.
