The Mars Perseverance rover landing will be the most difficult ever

Perseverance will have to land on Mars without the help of mission control — NASA scientists call it the "seven minutes of terror."

• Feb 18, 2021

Space Watch: NASA rover to land on Mars

Launched into space on July 30, NASA's Perseverance rover is expected to reach Mars today — as long as it sticks its hazardous landing inside the red planet's Jezero Crater. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans joins CBSN AM to discuss the multibillion-dollar mission.

• Feb 18, 2021
• 07:21

NASA rover successfully lands on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover reached Mars, pulling off a seven-minute plunge through the atmosphere to land on the surface of the red planet. Flight engineers in Pasadena, California, burst into cheers and applause as telemetry came in confirming touchdown. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood and Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer and planetarium director for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, join CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss the successful landing.

• Feb 18, 2021
• 09:10

Everything to know about NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter

NASA's Perseverance rover is landing on Mars with some precious cargo: a 4-pound helicopter on a "high risk, high reward" mission.

• Feb 18, 2021

NASA aims to land Perseverance rover on Mars

A week after two space probes from China and the United Arab Emirates slipped into orbit around Mars, NASA's $2.4 billion Perseverance rover will attempt to land on the Red Planet on Thursday. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero for a closer look at what this means for the future of NASA and Mars exploration.

• Feb 17, 2021
• 09:43

Mars landing site offers best chance to find signs of past life

NASA's Perseverance rover will explore Jezero Crater, which once held a 28-mile-wide lake.

• Feb 17, 2021

NASA's new rover landing technology

New technology created by NASA allows its 2020 Mars rover, Perseverance, to detect hazards based on images previously logged in its database.

• May 31, 2020
• 03:25

NASA planning to launch a new rover to Mars

The space agency is making final preparations for what one official calls "probably the most complex" scientific mission NASA has ever undertaken. Anderson Cooper reports.

• May 31, 2020
• 13:06

NASA's Perseverance rover closes in on Mars

Perseverance is landing on Mars with a mission to search for signs of ancient life.

• Feb 15, 2021

Astronomers discover trio of young planets orbiting a teenage sun

The system is located in a newly-discovered Pisces-Eridanus stellar stream, which is less than 3% the age of our solar system.

• Feb 13, 2021

UAE's Hope spacecraft is first of 3 to reach Mars this month

UAE's Hope will be followed by China's Tianwen-1 and NASA's Perseverance rover.

• Feb 9, 2021

NASA and Boeing plan second moon rocket test firing

Re-running the SLS rocket's "hot fire" test will provide data needed to make certain the booster is ready to fly.

• Feb 3, 2021

Two NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday for a spacewalk to complete battery replacement and install new camera equipment. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green have details.

• Feb 1, 2021
• 02:34

First private crew plans space station flight

Axiom Space hopes to send the first flight of private citizens to the International Space Station in 2022. Entrepreneur and nonprofit activist investor Larry Connor, who will serve as the pilot for the historic mission, joined CBSN to discuss what he's trying to accomplish with this trip.

• Jan 31, 2021
• 08:40

2021's first full moon — the "Wolf Moon" — shines bright tonight

Look up! The full moon reaches peak illumination this afternoon.

• Jan 28, 2021

Spacewalkers venture outside for space station upgrades

New experiment platform only partially activated after spacewalkers have problems with balky cables

• Jan 27, 2021

Meet the people paying a reported $55 million to fly to the ISS

The proposed historic mission is aiming for a January 2022 launch date aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

• Jan 26, 2021

Software blamed for moon rocket engine shutdown

Engineers are debating whether to carry out another test firing before pressing ahead toward launch

• Jan 19, 2021

Moon rocket test firing aborted after engine shutdown

It was not immediately clear what went wrong or what will be needed to fix it.

• Jan 16, 2021

Critical test on tap for NASA moon rocket

The test firing is a final major hurdle for what will be the most powerful rocket ever launched.

• Jan 15, 2021

NASA rover celebrates 3,000 days on Mars with epic panorama

The glorious new image captures the 96-mile-wide Gale Crater and part of Mount Sharp, its central mountain.

• Jan 14, 2021

Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn meet for rare "triple conjunction"

Eager skywatchers have a chance to glimpse a planetary triangle in the night sky this weekend.

• Jan 8, 2021

First meteor shower of 2021 will illuminate night sky this weekend

NASA calls the Quadrantids one of the best meteor showers of the year.

• Jan 2, 2021

Yes, there WAS good news coming out of 2020

The pandemic offered an opportunity for advances in science and technology to help see us through a troubling time. Here are some of the often-overshadowed bright spots of the past year.

• Dec 27, 2020

Astronauts beam Christmas message of hope to Earth from space station

"As we prepare to observe the holidays far away from our loved ones, we look down at our precious planet, and it becomes clear how connected we really are," said NASA astronaut Shannon Walker.

• Dec 25, 2020

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