"Mysterious spiral" illuminates Alaska sky
"I always see strange things in the sky but this was insane," one woman who saw the mysterious spiral said.
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"I always see strange things in the sky but this was insane," one woman who saw the mysterious spiral said.
After months of anticipation, and just three days after getting FAA launch approval, SpaceX was forced to call off the maiden flight of its gargantuan Starship rocket Monday when a frozen valve caused problems pressurizing the booster's first stage. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood joins us with details.
The gargantuan Starship rocket is critical for SpaceX's plans to send passengers and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond.
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to launch the most powerful rocket ever put into orbit. The unpiloted test flight is scheduled for Monday.
With an FAA license in hand, SpaceX says the maiden flight of the world's most powerful rocket could come as early as Monday.
The phone company's network will support discoveries that could lay the groundwork for a human colony on the moon.
Boeing had hoped to launch its first crew to the International Space Station in 2020, but major softwar problems in 2019 delayed test flights.
A new image from the James Webb Telescope shows a Wolf-Rayet star on the verge of becoming a supernova. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins Elaine Quijano and Lana Zak to discuss the massive star, the plans for the Webb telescope and SpaceX's latest venture into phone service.
A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut successfully docked on the International Space Station on Friday.
After a brief delay, SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked at the International Space Station. Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at The Planetary Society, joins CBS News' Elaine Quijano and Errol Barnett to discuss the crew's plans for their six-month stay.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly is slashing the price of insulin to no more than $35 a month. A key House committee has voted to give President Biden the power to ban TikTok. And the second time was a charm: SpaceX and NASA launched a four man crew to the space station after an aborted launch earlier this week.
The rescheduled launch of a four-man crew kicks off a 24-hour rendezvous with the space station.
Monday's scheduled SpaceX launch to send a four-man crew to the International Space Station was canceled at the last minute due to a problem with the ignition fuel. The next launch attempt is set for early Thursday.
A SpaceX rocket is set to launch a four-man crew to the International Space Station early Monday. Mark Strassmann has more.
During the seven-second test, 31 Raptor engines fired in concert, a major milestone for SpaceX.
A "mysterious whirlpool" was spotted by the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, on January 18. Some scientists speculated it could be related to a SpaceX satellite launch earlier in the day.
The latest GPS satellites feature three times greater accuracy and eight times better jam-proofing.
SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket for the U.S. Space Force on Sunday, boosting a military communications satellite into space along with a maneuverable payload carrier. CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers has more.
The Falcon Heavy chalked up an apparently flawless climb to space in its second national security mission.
The first satellite mission launched from U.K, soil failed on Monday night. Officials said the Virgin Orbit rocket launched as planned, but an "anomaly" happed just before it reached orbit. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata explains why the launch is still being considered a success for Britain's space agency.
It was the second Falcon 9 launch helping OneWeb recover from a post-Ukraine break with Russian rockets.
SpaceX offers low-cost rideshare missions to provide access to space for smaller satellite operators.
The year's final SpaceX launch put an Israeli Earth-imaging satellite into orbit.
SpaceX pushed reusability to new heights while launching another batch of Starlink internet satellites.
Twitter's new owner falls down a rung in wealth rankings for the first time since overtaking Jeff Bezos in 2021.