
"Best day ever!" Bezos and crew fly into space
Jeff Bezos blasted into space on his rocket company's first flight with his brother, an 18-year-old and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer.
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Jeff Bezos blasted into space on his rocket company's first flight with his brother, an 18-year-old and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer.
The 32-year-old telescope also captured images of a galaxy that has an "unusual" number of arms.
At age 82, the aviation pioneer was once denied a chance to become an astronaut because of her gender. On Tuesday, her dream of seeing what lies beyond Earth was achieved.
Jeff Bezos flew to space with his brother, Mark. Before they launched, they heard a farewell message from their sister.
They began training on Sunday, just two days before their trip to space.
About a week after Branson soared to an altitude just above 50 miles, Bezos reached just above 62 miles.
Her pathway to the stars was not an easy one.
"None of us are nervous," said aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who is joining Bezos on the flight.
Living in microgravity, astronauts can lose their sense of taste and smell — upping the demand for spicy food.
Days after being upstaged by Richard Branson, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blasts off on his own spaceflight Tuesday morning.
Two more passenger flights are planned before the end of the year as Bezos kicks off commercial flight operations.
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A wobble in the moon's orbit will raise high tides even higher, exacerbating the devastating effects of sea-level rise.
The first paying customer to fly aboard a Blue Origin rocket is a teenage physics student.
NASA's Juno probe has flown closer to Jupiter and its largest moon, Ganymede, than any other spacecraft in more than two decades.
The Trump administration has chosen HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill to lead the CDC, a source says, after the former director was fired and senior leaders resigned.
The family of one of the victims shot early Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic Church in southwest Minneapolis spoke out for the first time Thursday afternoon.
Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC's Chief Science and Medical Officer, and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who led the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, stepped down hours after the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez.
An exemption that allowed low-value parcels shipped to the U.S. to avoid tariffs has ended, Trump administration officials say.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a judge on Thursday to bar DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi from making "inflammatory" statements.
The Trump administration is preparing to launch major immigration enforcement operations in Chicago next week employing tactics that sparked protests in Los Angeles, sources tell CBS News.
Robert Primus, a Democrat who was nominated by President Trump in his first term, posted on social media that the firing was "legally invalid."
A judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
South Carolina officials asked the Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce a measure that makes school funding contingent on compliance with a rule on transgender bathroom use.