SpaceX launches Turkish satellite
The launching was the first of 40 or more SpaceX flights planned for 2021.
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The launching was the first of 40 or more SpaceX flights planned for 2021.
"As we prepare to observe the holidays far away from our loved ones, we look down at our precious planet, and it becomes clear how connected we really are," said NASA astronaut Shannon Walker.
The launch came two days later than planned because of higher-than-normal pressure in the rocket's second stage liquid oxygen tank that triggered a last-minute "auto abort" Thursday.
Next-generation cargo ship executes a flawless automated rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station.
Five astronauts, including four who launched Sunday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience," held a news conference Thursday from the International Space Station about how their mission is going. Watch their remarks from NASA TV.
The space station's Russian Pirs docking compartment will be replaced by a laboratory module.
After six years, two successful test flights and a multibillion-dollar investment in American enterprise, NASA launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first government-certified flight of a commercially developed SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The launch was expected to give NASA the data needed to press ahead with the next Crew Dragon fight to space station.
The launch will mark the first operational flight by SpaceX's commercially developed Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Launch delay will give engineers more time to resolve an engine turbopump issue on a different rocket
SpaceX crew capsule will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month stay.
The first operational Crew Dragon flight will carry four astronauts to the space station for a six-month stay.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule safely returned to Earth on Sunday afternoon, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico with two astronauts on board. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine joined CBSN to discuss the historic mission.
Sunday's splashdown was the first by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, two NASA astronauts, returned to Earth in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. Watch their landing and and commentary from CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood and retired Air Force veteran Colonel Scott Caine.
Splashdown will set the stage for operational Crew Dragon flights to begin later this year.
The Crew Dragon splashdown will be NASA's first astronaut water landing in 45 years.
The Progress cargo ship docked at the International Space Station after a speedy two-orbit rendezvous.
The splashdown will mark the first water landing for U.S. astronauts in 45 years.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket vaulted away from the Florida coast Thursday and climbed smoothly into orbit, putting a Dragon cargo ship on course for a three-day flight to the International Space Station. Watch the launch.
Up to four spacewalks are planned to finish a space station power upgrade, clearing decks for early Crew Dragon return in early August.
Kathy Lueders, the first woman to run NASA's human spaceflight directorate, brings a steady hand to agency's showcase program
SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts say the ship is living up to high-tech expectations — but there was one rougher moment.
The successful docking boosted the lab's crew to five and marked a major milestone for NASA.
SpaceX is ready to make history with the launch of the first crew aboard a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station. But the weather didn't cooperate today, and the launch had to be postponed for Saturday. Loren Grush, senior space reporter for The Verge, joins CBSN to talk about the mission.