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NASA's highly anticipated Artemis 1 mission is scheduled to launch Monday morning. But CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann reports NASA's 2025 moon landing goal faces cost and schedule challenges.
NASA's launch of the Artemis 1 mission signals America's intent to return to the moon and beyond. CBS Reports' documentary "Artemis: America's New Moonshot" reveals the incredible endeavor of America's next great leap in space exploration and the collective will required to see it through. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann joins from the Kennedy Space Center to discuss.
NASA says the exoplanet, located just 100 light years away, could be a "water world."
Artemis 1, NASA's first mission to the moon in 50 years, is scheduled to launch Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If the uncrewed mission is successful, it will pave the way to have humans return to the lunar surface in 2025. NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Artemis Campaign Development Mark Kirasich, joins "CBS News Mornings" to discuss the preparation ahead of the launch including why it has taken so long to get another moon mission.
NASA is preparing for a return to the moon after nearly 50 years. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann joined Elaine Quijano and Nikki Battiste to discuss plans for the uncrewed Artemis I mission, scheduled for launch Monday.
Ahead of its historic launch, Mark Strassmann goes inside NASA's Artemis Mission Control in Houston, Texas.
Final preparations are underway for the first flight of the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA. Mark Strassmann reports on NASA's Artemis missions and long-term exploration goals.
NASA plans to launch its new moon rocket on August 29 to kick off a long-awaited 42-day mission.
These are the most detailed images to date of the solar system's largest planet.
NASA's Artemis I moon rocket has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad. In less than two weeks, the rocket will make its debut flight in preparation for the next moon mission. Debbie Korth, deputy manager for NASA's Orion Program, explains the importance of this crew-less launch.
The maiden flight of the SLS moon rocket is intended to clear the way for the Artemis program's first piloted flight in 2024.
All over the globe, the Sturgeon moon gave viewers one last supermoon before 2023.
Scientists suspect the tangled object is likely pieces of shredded Dacron netting from the Perseverance itself.
"Dueling gravitational forces will trigger bursts of intense stellar formation and wildly distort their once-majestic structures," researchers said.
Ten years ago, NASA successfully landed its fourth robot on Mars: the Curiosity rover. It has driven only 18 miles, but what a ride it has been. Michelle Miller has more.
Four rockets were launched from Earth on Thursday. Among them was a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying a missile warning satellite into orbit for the Space Force. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched six people briefly into space, including Vanessa O'Brien, the first woman to complete the Explorers' Extreme trifecta.
South Korea's first moon mission will search for ice in permanently shadowed polar craters.
The $1.2 billion SBIRS satellite is the sixth and final member of a space-based fleet of infrared early warning stations.
Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano spewed an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the atmosphere.
NASA is not trusting private citizens to travel to the International Space Station on their own.
The Cartwheel Galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wagon wheel, is located about 500 million light-years away.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope could soon provide some answers about other planets in the far reaches of the Milky Way. Assistant astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute Néstor Espinoza speaks with CBS News anchor Lana Zak about the what scientists hope to learn from these other planets.
Russia's space agency Roscosmos has threatened to pull out of the International Space Station ahead of schedule. However, NASA plans to maintain the ISS through 2030. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, joins CBS News with more.
Nichelle Nichols leaves behind a legacy of empowerment. Best known for her role in the original "Star Trek" as Lt. Uhura, Nichols was a woman of influence both on and off the screen.
The Justice Department is investigating former President Trump's actions in its January 6th probe. CBS News has learned that prosecutors have asked witnesses about conversations with him, his lawyers and others in his inner circle, and have seized phone records of top aides. The Fed is expected to announce another interest rate hike today. And NASA memorabilia from Buzz Aldrin’s career sold for more than $8 million at auction.
A federal appeals court said many of the tariffs imposed by President Trump on dozens of countries earlier this year are not legally permissible, but didn't halt them.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told CBS News that President Trump has "other aims" aside from fighting crime, as he vows to crack down in Chicago.
Charles Borges filed a whistleblower complaint alleging DOGE employees uploaded a copy of all U.S. Social Security info to a "vulnerable cloud environment."
Veterans forced out under the mandate have been frustrated by what they described as a slow, arduous process to return to service.
Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe made the announcement just hours after Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain five more seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
A federal judge dealt a major blow to the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts late Friday, blocking it from expanding a process called expedited removal nationwide.
CVS said the pharmacy chain cannot vaccinate those even with a prescription in Massachusetts, Nevada and New Mexico due to state laws and regulations.
The FBI said it found bones while searching for signs of Travis Decker. The bones were being analyzed to determine if they are human or animal.
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next week she's not running for reelection in 2026.