SpaceX loses contact with its Starship

Elon Musk's SpaceX confirms that it lost contact with its Starship rocket as it made its approach to come down in the Indian Ocean. CBS News' Jason Allen and Bill Harwood have more details.

• May 27
• 06:43

New search for MH370 suspended just weeks after it got underway

Malaysia says the latest hunt for missing flight MH370 has been suspended after less than 6 weeks, as "it's not the season" to scour the Indian Ocean.

• Apr 3

Texas company gets approval to search for MH370 in new part of ocean

Malaysian cabinet ministers agreed to a "no-find, no-fee" contract with robotics company Ocean Infinity in the search for flight MH370.

• Mar 20

New hunt for MH370 begins in Indian Ocean 11 years after flight vanished

The firm Ocean Infinity has launched a new search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in what it says is a "more credible" patch of the Indian Ocean.

• Feb 25

Mayotte cyclone survivors plead with visiting French president for help

"Mayotte is demolished," an airport security agent told President Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in the remote French territory five days after Cyclone Chido.

• Dec 19, 2024

Thousands feared dead after Cyclone Chido hits French territory Mayotte

Rescue workers are rushing to the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after it was devastated by the powerful Cyclone Chido.

• Dec 16, 2024

SpaceX successfully tests Starship

SpaceX successfully launched its Super Heavy-Starship rocket from Texas for its sixth test flight Tuesday with its CEO Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump looking on. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen has more on the launch.

• Nov 19, 2024
• 03:27

What we know about fate of flight MH370, 10 years after its disappearance

What happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared, remains one of aviation's biggest mysteries.

• Mar 8, 2024

India and Pakistan brace as "very severe" Cyclone Biparjoy closes in

Experts say the world's warming oceans, including the Arabian Sea where Cyclone Biparjoy is churning, are producing more and more powerful storms.

• Jun 13, 2023

Asteroid could impact Earth on Valentine's Day 23 years from now

One astronomer said he believes there's about a "1 in 400 chance" the asteroid could impact Earth.

• Mar 9, 2023

Freddy could be longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record

The storm has already killed at least 21 people and displaced thousands of others as it continues its "very rare" track.

• Mar 8, 2023

China says remains of rocket booster fell to Earth

China's space agency says debris from a rocket that boosted part of China's new space station into orbit has fallen into the sea in the Philippines.

• Jul 31, 2022

Chinese rocket crashes back to Earth

A rocket booster launched by the People's Republic of China reentered Earth's atmosphere Saturday in an uncontrolled crash. Although most of it burned up in the atmosphere, it did leave some debris in the Indian Ocean near Malaysia.

• Jul 30, 2022

Iran, China and Russia hold naval drills

Iran, China and Russia held their third joint naval drills in the northern Indian Ocean on Friday. And at least eight people have been killed and dozens more injured in a stampede outside an Africa Cup of Nations football match in Cameroon. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins "CBS News Mornings" from London with those stories and other international news.

• Jan 25, 2022
• 03:52

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from March 15, 2014.

The investigation into missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took a sinister turn as Malaysia's prime minister told reporters the plane was "deliberately diverted"; and, the ballots and polling stations are ready in Crimea on the eve of the referendum on whether to join the Russian Federation. Ukrainian soldiers remain blockaded in their bases and the head of Crimea's Ukrainian council hasn't been seen since his arrest last Sunday.

• Mar 15, 2014
• 20:49

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from March 14, 2014.

Sources say two communications systems on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stopped working, one after the other, before the flight vanished from civilian radar screens; and, Steve Hartman meets a high school wrestler whose dad was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. The teen took it upon himself to try to make the disease disappear -- if only for a moment.

• Mar 14, 2014
• 21:19

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from March 29, 2014.

Just after 9 Friday night, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, centered about 20 miles outside Los Angeles, struck Southern California. Residents in hardest-hit areas are cleaning up; and, Crews searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are focused on an area more than a thousand miles from the coast of Australia, where planes flying as low as 150 feet from the water have been looking for evidence of the missing aircraft.

• Mar 29, 2014
• 18:57

NASA criticizes China on rocket debris

China is taking heat from NASA after rocket debris rains down onto the Indian Ocean. Ramy Inocencio reports from Hong Kong on China's inability to find and contain an out-of-control rocket headed toward Earth.

• May 10, 2021
• 02:00

Space experts call China "negligent" for gambling with rocket re-entry

NASA boss says Beijing "failing to meet responsible standards" for space debris, and one expert agrees, but warns it won't "be constructive just to yell at the Chinese."

• May 10, 2021

Chinese rocket debris falls over Indian Ocean

A huge piece of space junk made an uncontrolled re-entry back into Earth's atmosphere Saturday night. The remnants of a Chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere and crashed into the Indian Ocean north of the Maldives. CBS News' Danya Bacchus reports. Read more here.

• May 9, 2021
• 02:14

Chinese rocket remnants re-enter atmosphere

The Chinese space agency said most of the rocket was destroyed during re-entry.

• May 9, 2021

One of the two pieces is apparently from the outside of the plane, and the second from the inside

Investigators say newly-found debris "almost certainly" comes from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. One of the two pieces is apparently from the outside of the plane, and the second from the inside. The fragments were discovered in South Africa and on a tiny island. Investigators believe Flight 370 went down in the Indian Ocean. Debora Patta reports from Johannesburg.

• May 12, 2016
• 01:14

The ship is believed to be the Esmeralda, which was part of a fleet led by explorer Vasco da Gama

A British-led team of salvage experts are celebrating a historic discovery in the Indian Ocean. They have found a wreckage of a Portuguese ship that dates back more than 500 years. It is believed to be the Esmeralda, which was part of a fleet led by explorer Vasco da Gama. Charlie D'Agata spoke to the leader of the recovery effort.

• Mar 16, 2016
• 03:40

U.S. officials close to the investigation say the wreckage from a Boeing 777 washed up on a beach in Mozambique a few days ago

There is breaking news from southern Africa, where a piece of a plane found might be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. U.S. officials close to the investigation say the wreckage from a Boeing 777 washed up on a beach in Mozambique a few days ago. That is far from the search area in the southern Indian Ocean. Kris Van Cleave reports with an update on the mystery that began two years ago.

• Mar 2, 2016
• 01:12

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from August 5, 2015 edition

In the latest incident at a U.S. movie theater, police say an axe-wielding man attacked a Tennessee theater. The suspect was killed by police at the scene. CBS News correspondent Anna Werner reports; capsaicin, the key ingredient in chili peppers, is shown to reduce inflammation that can lead to certain types of diseases and cancer. CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports.

• Aug 5, 2015
• 20:54

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