Asteroid larger than pyramids to zoom past – not into – Earth

Scientists say no cause for alarm; NASA estimates it to be as large as 524 feet in diameter and it's projected to fly by next week

• Aug 24, 2018

Pence rallies NASA with visions of moon missions

Vice President Mike Pence told Johnson Space Center workers NASA will return to the moon in the 2020s

• Aug 23, 2018

NASA hopeful Mars rover will phone home

A dust storm is easing on Mars, and NASA is hopeful its Opportunity rover will wake up and phone home

• Aug 21, 2018

Aretha Franklin's legacy will live on with namesake asteroid, NASA says

The U.S. space agency says it named asteroid 249516 "Aretha," which will "keep orbiting beyond Mars"

• Aug 17, 2018

NASA launches historic Parker Solar Probe

A United Launch Alliance heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, boosting NASA's $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe into space on a daring seven-year mission to "touch the sun" with repeated trips through the star's blazing outer atmosphere. BBC News' Michael Cowan reports.

• Aug 12, 2018
• 02:38

Solar probe launched on historic sun-study mission

NASA's $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe takes off on a flight to "touch the sun"

• Aug 12, 2018

How to watch the 2018 Perseid meteor shower

NASA's Bill Cooke tells CBS News that spectators are in store for a better watching experience this year due to diminished moonlight

• Aug 11, 2018

NASA delays probe launch

NASA delayed the launch of the Parker Solar Probe due to a technical glitch early Saturday morning, just by 24 hours. But NASA says the spacecraft is set to embark on the most ambitious solar mission ever. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN to discuss.

• Aug 11, 2018
• 04:06

NASA counts down to mission to the sun

The Parker Solar Probe is expected to take off from Florida early Saturday on a trip to learn the secrets of the sun. The spacecraft, which is about the size of a compact car, will reach inside the sun's blistering atmosphere. CBS News’ Omar Villafranca has the details.

• Aug 10, 2018
• 02:19

NASA prepares for sun mission

NASA will soon be launching Parker Probe, which will be the first spacecraft to "touch" the sun, hurtling through the solar atmosphere and coming within just 3.8 million miles of the surface. CBS News Space Analyst Bill Harwood joined us from just miles away from the launch pad.

• Aug 10, 2018
• 03:53

Hissing package with note mentioning Trump sparks alarm in N.J.

Suspicious package that fell from the sky over New Jersey caused some alarm because it contained a note that mentioned the president

• Aug 10, 2018

NASA's mission to the sun

In less than 24 hours, NASA will launch a historic mission, sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than ever before. The Parker Solar Probe will embark on a nearly seven-year venture, becoming the first spacecraft to have a direct encounter with a star. The $1.5 billion mission will revolutionize our understanding of the sun. Omar Villafranca reports.

• Aug 10, 2018
• 04:11

Women portrayed in "Hidden figures" film might receive congressional medal

The Senate is considering awarding them a Congressional Gold Medal

• Aug 10, 2018

NASA's solar probe cleared for launch on mission to "touch the sun"

The solar probe is "the coolest hottest mission under the sun," one scientist says

• Aug 9, 2018

Calendar: Week of August 6

From a celebration of anime in Washington, D.C., to a cow made of butter in Iowa, "Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead

• Aug 5, 2018

NASA named its solar probe after this 91-year-old rock star astrophysicist

The Parker Solar Probe will fly through the sun's outermost atmosphere – the first spacecraft ever to do so

• Aug 4, 2018

NASA names solar probe after living scientist

One week from today, NASA is set to launch a unique space mission that may revolutionize our understanding of the sun. The Parker Solar Probe will fly right through the sun's outermost atmosphere – the first spacecraft ever to do so. The roughly 90 million-mile mission has another distinction: the probe is named for a 91-year-old living scientist. Barry Petersen reports.

• Aug 4, 2018
• 05:20

8/3/18: CBSN Evening News

Dam concerns force nearly 80,000 to evacuate; Rare black rhino born at Chester zoo in the UK

• Aug 3, 2018
• 50:44

Big announcement for new era of space flight

For seven years, American astronauts have had to hitch rides into space on Russian rockets. That will soon change. CBS News' David Begnaud reports from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

• Aug 3, 2018
• 02:34

Astronauts to fly commercial spacecraft

CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN to discuss NASA's plans to send astronauts to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX and Boeing capsules starting in 2019.

• Aug 3, 2018
• 05:13

NASA names first astronauts for Boeing, SpaceX spaceships

NASA assigns astronauts to the first four flights of new space station-bound Boeing and SpaceX ferry ships

• Aug 3, 2018

NASA announces crews for SpaceX, Boeing flights

At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine introduced nine astronauts who will serve as crew members for the first SpaceX and Boeing flights to the International Space Station.

• Aug 3, 2018
• 09:25

Boeing, SpaceX could launch astronauts next year

NASA says the first piloted flights of Boeing and SpaceX crew ships are now planned for mid-2019

• Aug 2, 2018

How to watch the longest lunar eclipse of the century

The eclipse will be visible from South America, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia

• Jul 27, 2018

Spectacular revelations courtesy of Hubble

After 28 years in space, the Hubble Space Telescope is sending back some of its most beautiful and revealing images from across the vast universe

• Jul 22, 2018

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