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In order to learn how lava travels before spurting out in an eruption, researchers designed a small rolling robot that can go deep inside a volcano and send live images to the surface.
Astronaut Scott Kelley spoke to CBS news about his plan to spend a year in space aboard the International Space Station while his twin brother Mark stays on earth. As Don Dahler reports, the mission could provide crucial data needed in setting up a trip to Mars.
Astronaut Scott Kelly will try something no American has ever done before, while his twin, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, spends the mission on Earth. As NASA looks towards an eventual three-year long round trip to Mars, the Kelly brothers have become key to figuring out how to prepare for and protect the human body during lengthy trips in space. Don Dahler reports.
Climate change threatens NASA's launch pads in Florida. Nearly 100 feet of beach that served as a buffer between the Atlantic and the launch pads has been lost since 2003. Vicente Arenas reports from the Kennedy Space Center.
In a critical first step to Mars, NASA successfully launched and tested the Orion spacecraft. The goal is for the capsule to transport humans to and from the Red Planet in the future.
NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. CBS News correspondent Chip Reid joins CBSN from the Kennedy Space Center with the latest.
NASA released a new time-lapse animation of data from NOAA's GOES-West satellite to provide a good picture of why the U.S. West Coast continues to experience record rainfall. Watch the storm's movement from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3.
On Friday, NASA launched an Orion space capsule that may someday send astronaunts to Mars. CBS News' Chip Reid reports from the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA's launch of its Orion spacecraft has been scrubbed for a day. CBS News correspondent Chip Reid joins CBSN from the Kennedy Space Center with more on the problems plaguing the launch.
NASA is launching the Orion space capsule Thursday morning. Officials say it's a crucial step toward a manned mission to Mars. Chip Reid reports from the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA is sending the unmanned spacecraft Orion beyond Earth's orbit. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden discusses the important test flight on CBSN.
This NASA video shows the greenhouse gas circulating around the globe over a span of one year.
First pictures from the space-probe clinging to the surface of a comet have been released. The Philae probe beamed them back to Earth early Thursday morning. The lander bounced at least twice during the landing, but scientists say it is now stable and can start gathering data. NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld joins CBSN with more on what kind of information will be collected.
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman reflects on the dangers of space travel from aboard the International Space Station, after two commercial space industry disasters in the past week.
Investigation continues into what caused Orbital's unmanned Antares rocket to explode just seconds after takeoff. In the meantime, the failure has refocused attention on NASA's increased dependence on commercial launch services. Chip Reid reports from the NASA flight facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.
A Russian Progress spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday in a resupply mission to the International Space Station. It came hours after the failed launch of a similar NASA-backed mission.
The unmanned Antares rocket, carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station, explodes moments after liftoff in Virginia.
At only 13 years old, Alyssa Carson appears to be the frontrunner in the space race to the Red Planet. Vicente Arenas reports on how she's preparing herself for a seat on that mission.
Asteroids remain a real threat to earth, and NASA has revealed a new plan to capture one an asteroid and board it for study. Time Magazine senior science editor Jeffrey Kluger explains the U.S. plans for planetary defense.
The Maven spacecraft, launched by NASA 10 months ago, will orbit for the next year. It traveled more than 450 million miles. Norah O'Donnell reports.
NASA is revamping its space program with the new Orion spacecraft designed to take astronauts to the Moon and Mars. The first American astronauts are expected to board Orion in 2021. Ben Tracy reports.
America is one step closer to leaping back into manned space launches. Two American companies have won government contracts to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. Craig Boswell reports.
Ed Bradley interviews 77-year-old Sen. John Glenn, who in 1962 became the first astronaut to orbit the earth, as he prepares to lift off again on the space shuttle Discovery.
An X1.6 class solar flare flashes in the middle of the sun on Sept. 10, 2014. These images were captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
A magnetic explosion on the sun Wednesday sent a stream of charged particles heading towards Earth which could affect power grids, radio transmissions and other systems when it reaches us on Friday.
The Justice Department is facing continued backlash over its partial releases of the Epstein files, with lawmakers and survivors denouncing the limited nature of the disclosures.
President Trump announced plans to build a new "Trump class" of battleships, part of the Pentagon's new "Golden Fleet."
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the agency is pausing leases for five offshore wind farms "due to national security concerns."
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal is pushing for more information on a White House ballroom project championed by President Trump, sending letters to the project's architect and some fundraising dinner attendees.
A small Mexican navy plane on a medical mission crashed Monday near Galveston, Texas, killing at least five people.
A federal judge gave the Trump administration two weeks to submit a plan to either return a group of men previously held at a notorious Salvadoran prison to the U.S., or give them a hearing to contest allegations of gang membership.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy.
Rifts over the direction of the conservative movement emerged during Turning Point USA's conference, as speakers attacked each other by name.
President Trump has responded to the release of the Epstein files, saying Monday that the release of photos risked ensnaring "highly respected" people with no connection to Epstein's crimes.