"Totally amazing": NASA completes Webb telescope deployments
Scientists elated with completion of complex Webb space telescope deploy sequence.
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"Another banner day" as Webb space telescope unfolds secondary mirror
With the secondary mirror in place, controllers will deploy final mirror segments by end of week.
NASA launches $10 billion space telescope
NASA is a a step closer to getting the first pictures from the James Webb space telescope. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN's Elise Preston to discuss more.
NASA launches most powerful space telescope yet
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope blasted into space from the coast of South America. Costing about $10 billion, It is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched three decades ago. Mark Strassmann takes us through the long process of obtaining a single image.
In major milestone, space telescope successfully deploys sunshade
With the five-layer sunshield deployed, engineers prepare to unfold Webb's mirrors.
NASA presses ahead with space telescope's sunshield deployment
It's a major milestone in the James Webb Space Telescope's initial activation.
NASA assesses Webb telescope's performance
It will take two days to tension the sunshade, which is the size of a tennis court.
NASA begins unfurling critical sunshade on Webb space telescope
Deploying the sunshade is crucial to its ability to look back toward the birth of the cosmos.
Space telescope faces major test as sunshade deployment begins
It will take about five days to deploy the James Webb Space Telescope's fragile sunshade in a complex and high-risk procedure.
Successful launch for Webb space telescope
NASA is celebrating the successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The $10 billion observatory lifted off on Christmas, and once it is fully operational, scientists hope it will reveal new information about our universe and its origins. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN with more.
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NASA launches $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope: "It's a great day for planet Earth"
It's the most expensive science probe ever built — a $10 billion effort to explore the origins of the universe.
Watch: Launch of James Webb Space Telescope
NASA and the European Space Agency launched the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas morning. The most powerful space telescope ever built, it's designed to shed light on the earliest stars and galaxies. Watch the liftoff here.
Revolutionary telescope set for Christmas liftoff
NASA is slated to launch its James Webb Space Telescope to space on Christmas. The agency is hoping the $10 billion telescope will provide more insight into the universe. Mark Strassmann has more.
NASA to launch $10 billion space telescope
NASA is hoping for its biggest Christmas present yet: the successful launch of the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, which is set to lift off early Christmas morning. Webb will replace the 31-year-old Hubble Space Telescope as the leading space observatory. Researchers hope it can tell us more about the history of the universe. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN with more.
Extraordinary challenges ahead for Webb space telescope
The world's largest space telescope, folded up to fit in a rocket, will have to unfurl itself like a high-tech origami — and that's just the beginning.
Christmas Day launch confirmed for space telescope
After a one-day delay to assess threatening weather, the Webb telescope is on track for launch Saturday.
SpaceX rocket brings gifts to astronauts
SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station on Tuesday carrying supplies, equipment, and holiday gifts for the crew. It was SpaceX's 31st and final Falcon 9 rocket launch of 2021. CBSN's Tanya Rivero has details.
SpaceX launches supplies and holiday presents for space station crew
SpaceX's 31st Falcon 9 launch this year set a new record for the California rocket builder.
$10 billion space telescope promises deepest look yet into universe
Years behind schedule and billions over budget, the James Webb Space Telescope promises an astronomical revolution.
James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed to Christmas Day
Mission managers will take another look at the forecast Wednesday to confirm a December 25 launch.
NASA recording of Jupiter's largest moon sounds like R2-D2
Researchers also revealed a dazzling new image from Jupiter that looks "like a Van Gogh painting."
How to watch the Cold Moon — the last full moon of the year
The longest — and last — full moon of the year can be seen at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Test results awaited to set launch date for James Webb Space Telescope
Astronomers await word on results of final testing before setting launch date for the $10 billion space telescope.
Blue Origin launches civilians to space
Michael Strahan and five others, including the daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, launched into space on Saturday aboard a Blue Origin rocket. The civilian crew safely touched down back on Earth about 10 minutes after takeoff. Omar Villafranca reports.
NASA probe is first spacecraft to enter the sun's atmosphere
The Parker Solar Probe has braved 2 million degree Fahrenheit heat to do what was previously thought impossible.
Trump administration tells Abrego Garcia he now faces deportation to Eswatini
The Trump administration told Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Friday it is now seeking to deport him to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini.
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Venezuela flies military aircraft near U.S. Navy ship for a second time
For the second time in two days, Venezuela flew military aircraft in the vicinity of the USS Jason Dunham in international waters, multiple officials confirmed to CBS News.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett on her "spirited" exchange with Justice Jackson
Justice Amy Coney Barrett discussed her majority opinion curtailing the use of nationwide injunctions in an interview with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell.
Trump signs Dept. of War order, announces 2026 G20 will be at Doral
President Trump on Friday signed an executive order to begin the process of renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
475 people detained in raid by ICE, other agencies at Hyundai site in Georgia
The operation targeted one of Georgia's largest and most high-profile manufacturing sites, where Hyundai makes electric vehicles and is building an EV battery plant.
Trump signs order allowing punishment of nations illegally detaining Americans
President Trump signed an executive order establishing a designation for states accused of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens.
Trump announces plans to host 2026 G20 summit at his Doral resort
President Trump, fulfilling a plan he proposed in his first term, announced the U.S. will host the 2026 G20 summit at his resort in Doral, Florida.
What the research says about Tylenol and autism
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Ex-pilot who tried to cut plane's engines pleads guilty in federal court
Joseph Emerson was subdued by the flight crew after trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight from Washington state to San Francisco.