SpaceX launches GPS satellite with previously flown booster
Space Force officials say using previously flown boosters will save $64.5 million over three missions.
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Space Force officials say using previously flown boosters will save $64.5 million over three missions.
The three-man crew plans to spend three months aboard the Tianhe space station core module.
Two spacewalks are needed to install the first two of six new solar blankets, giving station power a needed boost.
The flight aboard a New Shepard spacecraft will be the first with passengers on board.
Exoplanet TOI-1231 b is "oddly reminiscent" of Neptune, scientists say, and could contain clouds with water.
Millions of people around the world marveled at the sight of the annular solar eclipse Thursday morning.
The Juno probe will make flybys of three of Jupiter's moons thanks to a mission extension.
Look up! But don't forget your solar eclipse glasses.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Monday that he'll fly to space on his own rocket. The New Shepard, built by Bezos' space company Blue Origin, is set to blast off from West Texas on July 20. Christian Davenport, who covers NASA and the space industry for The Washington Post (owned by Bezos), joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the significance of the upcoming flight.
SpaceX has carried out 18 launches so far this year, the latest boosting a SiriusXM radio satellite into orbit.
Commercial rockets may soon be capable of delivering military cargoes to destinations around the world.
Only one of the asteroids was considered "potentially hazardous" by NASA.
An uncrewed SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida carrying supplies to the International Space Station, including new solar arrays for the power system as well as baby squid and microscopic organisms for scientific research. Watch NASA and SpaceX's coverage of the launch.
NASA will launch two new discovery missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030. The upcoming trips will be the first time in 30 years NASA probes have visited the "inferno-like" planet. CBSN's Tanya Rivero reports.
The missions are scheduled to launch between 2028 and 2030 and will be the first time in 30 years NASA has visited Venus.
Tiny creatures are launching to space aboard a SpaceX cargo resupply mission.
New solar arrays are part of SpaceX's 22nd supply run to the International Space Station.
Space debris, which travels at approximately 15,700 miles per hour in low-Earth orbit, poses a threat to both spacecraft and astronauts due to their fast speeds.
The Pirs airlock and docking comparment will be detached to make way for the new Nauka lab module.
The NASA budget would get a 6.6% boost, but the agency chief says a 2024 moon landing is far from certain.
The trouble cropped up about a minute into the helicopter's sixth test flight at an altitude of 33 feet.
Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent more time in space than any American in history. Now she's planning a trip back, this time through a commercial flight. Mark Strassmann has the story.
Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and veteran pilot John Shoffler plan to visit the space station on a commercial flight.
No, it's still not aliens.
Bill Harwood discussed Artemis, the new NASA program to send astronauts back to the moon.