NASA says budget request keeps moon program on track

The Biden administration's $26 billion funding request for NASA includes a $1.1 billion increase for the Artemis program.

• Mar 28, 2022

Blue Origin crew on trip of a lifetime

Six people are gearing up for the trip of a lifetime into space. The Blue Origin crew joined "CBS News Mornings" to talk about the upcoming mission.

• Mar 28, 2022
• 3:49

NASA pressing ahead with critical moon rocket test

NASA faces tough schedule with moon rocket test, private astronaut launch and space station crew rotations.

• Mar 25, 2022

Spacewalkers carry out repairs and maintenance

Major objectives accomplished, but engineers assessing an unexpected water buildup in one astronaut's helmet

• Mar 23, 2022

Russia launches crew to space station

Russia launched 3 cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station in the country's first space launch since the invasion of Ukraine. Russia's space agency has since cut ties with international partners in response to economic sanctions. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood discusses the launch and how political relationships on Earth are impacting missions in space.

• Mar 18, 2022
• 8:39

Cosmonauts launched to space station as NASA chief touts cooperation with Russia

The launch clears the way for an American astronaut to return to Earth on March 30 aboard another Russian spacecraft.

• Mar 18, 2022

NASA debuts lunar rocket on launch pad

NASA's new rocket made its way out to the launch pad Thursday ahead of field tests that will lead to its launch later this summer. The rocket is the foundational piece of NASA's plans to return to the moon. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Mar 18, 2022
• 1:52

NASA's new moon rocket rolled out to launch pad for dress rehearsal

The Space Launch System moon rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA.

• Mar 18, 2022

NASA's Webb space telescope achieves near-perfect focus

With its optics aligned, Webb is on track to begin science operations in the late June-July timeframe.

• Mar 16, 2022

NASA astronaut sets new single-flight duration record

Mark Vande Hei passes Scott Kelly's single-flight record on the way to setting a new mark for longest U.S. flight.

• Mar 15, 2022

SpaceX Crew-3 heads to space

Four astronauts — three Americans and one German — are on their way to the International Space Station. Their SpaceX rocket blasted off in Florida Wednesday night and the crew is set to spend the next six months living roughly 250 miles above Earth. Mark Strassmann has the details.

• Nov 11, 2021
• 2:04

NASA launches spacecraft to deflect asteroid

On Wednesday morning, NASA launched DART, a spacecraft designed to smash into an asteroid to deflect its course. Mark Strassmann reports on the groundbreaking planetary defense mission.

• Nov 24, 2021
• 4:27

NASA's new telescope faces nail-biting journey

At a cost of $10 billion, the James Webb Space Telescope is the biggest and most expensive science instrument to be sent to space. Mark Strassmann reports hundreds of things will have to go right in the weeks after launch before the telescope can take a single image.

• Dec 23, 2021
• 3:56

NASA's "monster" moon rocket ready to fly

NASA has completed assembly of the Artemis I rocket, which will be used to launch the Orion crew capsule on an uncrewed mission around the moon in 2022. Mark Strassmann got an up-close look at the most powerful rocket ever built.

• Nov 17, 2021
• 4:00

More false arrest claims filed against Hertz

A realtor, a cleaning service operator and even a NASA employee have all now filed claims against Hertz, saying a simple rental turned into their worst nightmare. Some of those incidents were caught on video. Anna Werner reports.

• Dec 9, 2021
• 6:11

NASA finishes "monster" moon rocket assembly

NASA has completed an assembly of the Artemis I rocket, which will be used to launch the Orion crew capsule on an uncrewed mission around the moon in 2022. Mark Strassmann got an up-close look at the most powerful rocket ever built.

• Dec 30, 2021
• 4:25

NASA continues to work with Russia on space station

Despite internet rumors, NASA says astronaut Mark Vande Hei will come home as planned aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.

• Mar 14, 2022

U.S. astronauts needle Russian space chief in war of words

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly hit a nerve with Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin in wake of Ukraine invasion.

• Mar 7, 2022

Ukraine crisis escalates across Russian space program

The director of the Russian space program severs commercial ties with the West; space station operations continue normally for now.

• Mar 3, 2022

NASA launches GOES weather satellite

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket boosted an advanced GOES weather satellite into orbit to monitor conditions across the Pacific Ocean, Alaska, Hawaii and the western United States. Watch how the launch unfolded.

• Mar 1, 2022
• 6:19

Advanced weather satellite launched to monitor western U.S.

The third of four upgraded GOES satellites will help monitor weather affecting the entire United States.

• Mar 1, 2022

U.S.-Russian space station cooperation continues despite crisis

Despite the Ukraine crisis, U.S. and Russian space station engineers continue working together.

• Feb 28, 2022

4.4 million galaxies are visible in this new map of the night sky

The researchers captured 3,500 hours of observations — enough data to fill 20,000 laptops.

• Feb 25, 2022

Sanctions on Russia raise questions about space station

President Biden says new sanctions will degrade Russia's aerospace industry, "including their space program."

• Feb 24, 2022

NASA's new "NACHOS" instrument could help predict volcanic eruptions

NACHOS is a pint-sized powerhouse dedicated to observing trace gases that can be harbingers of volcanic activity.

• Feb 22, 2022

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