Marking 55 years since Apollo 11 moon landing
This weekend marks 55 years since the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Retired NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao joins CBS News to look back on the small step for man and giant leap for mankind.
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This weekend marks 55 years since the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Retired NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao joins CBS News to look back on the small step for man and giant leap for mankind.
The full moon, also known as the Thunder Moon, will last three days, peaking on Sunday morning.
The engine failure blamed for stranding 20 Starlink satellites in a low, non-survivable orbit was caused by a liquid oxygen leak.
The engine's "rapid unscheduled disassembly," as Elon Musk put it, almost certainly will trigger downstream launch delays.
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who captured one of the most famous images ever taken in space — the iconic "Earthrise" — died Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington state. He was 90 years old. Elise Preston examines his life and legacy.
Building on lessons learned during three previous test flights, SpaceX set its sights on more lofty goals for a fourth launch of the giant rocket.
The Starliner's launch was picture-perfect, but additional helium leaks were detected, triggering another round of troubleshooting.
China hails its lunar probe mission as a success after unfurling a Chinese flag on the far side of the moon and collecting rock and soil samples.
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.
People from the United States and Canada to the United Kingdom, Poland, parts of China and Russia saw the northern lights this weekend.
The sunspot responsible for the odd series of strong solar flares is so big you can see it with your own eyes from Earth.
The visualization, produced on a NASA supercomputer, allows users to experience flight towards a supermassive black hole.
The planned piloted launch of Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship was called off with less than two hours to go before liftoff.
Boeing is preparing its Starliner capsule for its first piloted launch. The launch, scheduled for Monday, comes after years of delays and a ballooning budget. Mark Strassmann reports.
The creepy patterns were observed by the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.
In November 2023, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped sending "readable science and engineering data."
NASA says there are several radiation myths connected to the eclipse.
Astronomy fans figuring out where and what time to see the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse could check out maps showing the path of totality.
CBS Space Consultant Bill Harwood joins First Alert Meteorologist Jessica Berch to share some facts during the April 8th solar eclipse.
About 31.6 million people live in the path of today's total solar eclipse across the U.S., and millions more will see a partial eclipse. Here's how and where to see it.
Astrology dates back centuries and astrologers who study the stars say that if you feel a little different during an eclipse, there's a reason.
NOAA said people as far south as Alabama may have seen the northern lights and that the sun could expel the strongest type of solar flares over the next few days.
