Commercial crew wraps up flight to space station
The Ax-2 flight was the second "private astronaut mission" chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space and sanctioned by NASA.
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The Ax-2 flight was the second "private astronaut mission" chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space and sanctioned by NASA.
The first crewed flight of Virgin's spaceplane in two years sets the stage for customers to begin flights to the edge of space in June.
Four TROPICS satellites will monitor tropical storm development and intensification on an hourly basis to improve forecasting.
The third-generation satellite is the first of three designed to provide high-speed internet to customers anywhere in the world.
A Falcon Heavy flight was delayed, but another SpaceX launch went well as two SES satellites were successfully deployed.
The TEMPO spectrometer will measure air quality and pollution across North America to improve forecasting.
Blue Origin says fixes are being implemented and New Shepard sub-orbital flights will resume "soon."
While the Terran 1 rocket didn't reach orbit, builder Relativity Space says it achieved major objectives.
The Capella Space satellites use cloud-piercing radar to monitor Earth around the clock, regardless of weather.
Only two more launches are needed to complete OneWeb's nearly 650-satellite fleet of broadband relay stations.
The second-generation V2 Mini satellites are four times more powerful than previously launched Starlinks, SpaceX said.
The Friday doubleheader saw 51 Starlinks reach orbit, followed by a high-power Inmarsat communications relay station.
The satellite will serve the Americas, Greenland and Atlantic Ocean air and sea lanes.
"He'll be cheering us all on from the sidelines," Sanchez said of Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, who is also her boyfriend.
After 32 launches from Rocket Lab's New Zealand facility, the company is now set for regular flights from Virginia's Eastern Shore.
The first satellite mission launched from U.K, soil failed on Monday night. Officials said the Virgin Orbit rocket launched as planned, but an "anomaly" happed just before it reached orbit. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata explains why the launch is still being considered a success for Britain's space agency.
It was the second Falcon 9 launch helping OneWeb recover from a post-Ukraine break with Russian rockets.
Nine small satellites were lost in the mishap in what was the rocket's first launch with customer payloads on board.
SpaceX offers low-cost rideshare missions to provide access to space for smaller satellite operators.
The SWOT satellite will monitor water height around the world to shed light on the impacts of climate change.
Tokyo-based ispace's Hakuto-R, the first privately developed moon lander, is carrying small UAE and Japanese rovers to the lunar surface.
Inflatable heat shield technology may offer a more efficient way to land astronauts on Mars.
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates blasted off on a 10-minute up-and-down flight to space, paving the way for the company's future passenger launches. "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King and "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell led CBS News' Special Report coverage.
Four SpaceX astronauts returned to Earth after staying at the International Space Station for six months. They studied how to grow vegetables in space and the effects of space travel in humans.
Actor William Shatner says his 2021 trip to space aboard a Blue Origin capsule filled him with "overwhelming sadness." In an excerpt from his new book, he writes, "Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands." CBS News' Lilia Luciano and Meg Oliver have more.