NASA names astronauts for future moon missions
It is the first cadre of astronauts named to moon missions since the Apollo program 50 years ago.
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It is the first cadre of astronauts named to moon missions since the Apollo program 50 years ago.
Vice President Mike Pence attended a meeting of the National Space Council at the Kennedy Space Center and introduced some of the astronauts who will take part in NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return to the moon in 2024. Watch a portion of his remarks.
Next-generation cargo ship executes a flawless automated rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station.
The Dragon 2 is the first U.S. cargo ship capable of autonomous docking at the International Space Station.
SpaceX on Sunday launched a revamped Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. The redesigned Dragon will carry cargo and science experiments to the ISS crew. CBSN's Omar Villafranca reports.
The year is ending with one of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers.
If successful, the Chang'e 5 mission will be the first in 44 years to bring lunar samples to Earth.
Astronauts captured some of the brightest moments of space exploration with their own photos. Now, what's being called the most comprehensive private collection of NASA photographs ever presented, chronicling major moments in NASA's history — part of a collection of 2,400 original vintage photos called "Voyage To Another World — were auctioned this week by Christie's. Correspondent Imtiaz Tyab takes a look.
SpaceX on Saturday launched a rocket from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Falcon 9 rocket is carrying into orbit a satellite that will monitor sea levels for at least a decade.
The Sentinel-6 satellite is the first of two in a billion-dollar program to monitor Earth's oceans.
Rookie astronaut Victor Glover calls the view from space "surreal."
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.
Baby Yoda joins an elite group of plushies used on ISS missions as "zero-gravity indicators."
Four astronauts lifted-off on a historic NASA mission. Mark Strassmann has more on the first team of astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket.
NASA aims to end reliance on Russia with first operational flight of Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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 historic joint effort between NASA and SpaceX, called Crew-1, to launch a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station has been delayed citing weather conditions. While there were no issues with the launch, the decision to delay was made out of concerns about the landing. Mark Strassmann reports.
A scheduled SpaceX launch is set to open a new era for America's space program, with crews routinely launching to the International Space Station using commercially developed spacecrafts. Mark Strassmann has the latest.
The United Launch Alliance rocket carried a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite.
The launch was expected to give NASA the data needed to press ahead with the next Crew Dragon fight to space station.
Scientists say more than 2 pounds of material from the surface of asteroid Bennu was captured by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
SpaceX is replacing two suspect engines in the Falcon 9 rocket that will boost four astronauts to the space station.
16 Psyche is one of the most massive objects in the solar system's main asteroid belt — and it appears to be made entirely of metal worth approximately $10,000 quadrillion.
NASA scientists have found evidence of more water and ice on the moon than previously known. KPIX-TV reporter Kiet Do has details.