SpaceX readies Crew Dragon for second launch attempt
Running a day late, the four person crew plans to dock at the International Space Station early Sunday.
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Running a day late, the four person crew plans to dock at the International Space Station early Sunday.
NASA and SpaceX will make another attempt to launch four fresh crew members to the space station Saturday morning.
India on Wednesday became the fourth nation to safely land a spacecraft on the moon, following the U.S., Russia and China, where few have gone before. Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao joins CBS News to discuss the significance of the feat.
The successful landing capped a four-year effort to recover from a 2019 crash, demonstrating India's growing space prowess.
SpaceX launches another batch of Starlinks and readies a Crew Dragon flight to the space station while Russia launches its Progress supply ship.
Russia's Luna-25 probe ended in failure after thruster misfire caused a crash landing.
Representing the United States, Europe, Japan and Russia, the four Crew-7 fliers plan to spend six months aboard the space station.
Stockton native Jose Hernandez blasted off into space aboard the shuttle Discovery in 2009. He's now the inspiration for a movie being released next month.
Data from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show July 2023 was hotter than any month on record.
NASA has revealed new information about the star Earendel, which scientists say is now 28 billion lightyears away.
NASA says the around-the-moon flight in November 2024 is on track, but follow-on lunar landing in late 2025 faces challenges.
Officials say the Starliner will be ready to fly by early March, but it's not clear when a launch might fit into the space station schedule.
Along with needed research gear and other equipment, the Cygnus delivered a pizza kit, fresh fruit and ice cream to the station crew.
August features a pair of supermoons. The second supermoon will be a rare blue moon.
Northrop Grumman launched the final Antares 230+ rocket Tuesday on a flight to deliver four tons of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The rocket booster was built in a cooperative venture with U.S., Russian and Ukrainian components. Watch the launch.
The final Antares 230+ rocket will send a Cygnus cargo ship to the space station with 8,300 pounds of equipment and supplies.
Officials say President Biden will keep the U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, after the Trump administration previously proposed relocation from to Huntsville, Alabama. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on why the decision was made and the likely political dust up that will follow.
NASA has heard a "heartbeat" from its Voyager 2 spacecraft after a wrong command accidentally cut off communications.
The waters off Florida's southern tip were so hot Tuesday that you could mistake a dip in the Atlantic for a hot tub. All of these high temperatures -- on the sea and on land -- have concerned scientists about the future of the planet. Allegra Legrande, climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, joined CBS News to explain what's happening to the Earth -- and what needs to be done before it's too late.
Police clamp down on COVID protests in China; NASA's Orion moon capsule breaks distance record.
Winter storm slams western states; NASA's historic Artemis I moon mission ends with Orion capsule splashdown.
Jury deliberations resume this morning in Derek Chauvin trial; NASA celebrates historic flight on Mars
Closing arguments set to begin in the trial of Derek Chauvin; NASA makes space history with Mars helicopter flight.
NASA said that redirecting an asteroid could lead to "a cluster of threatening boulders heading in our direction."
Uvalde school district police chief fired; uncrewed flight will be first NASA mission to moon in nearly 50 years