SpaceX launches next-generation space station cargo ship
The Dragon 2 is the first U.S. cargo ship capable of autonomous docking at the International Space Station.
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The Dragon 2 is the first U.S. cargo ship capable of autonomous docking at the International Space Station.
SpaceX on Sunday launched a revamped Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. The redesigned Dragon will carry cargo and science experiments to the ISS crew. CBSN's Omar Villafranca reports.
The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage set a new record, making its seventh flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The Sentinel-6 satellite is the first of two in a billion-dollar program to monitor Earth's oceans.
Rookie astronaut Victor Glover calls the view from space "surreal."
Five astronauts, including four who launched Sunday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience," held a news conference Thursday from the International Space Station about how their mission is going. Watch their remarks from NASA TV.
Four astronauts lifted-off on a historic NASA mission. Mark Strassmann has more on the first team of astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket.
NASA aims to end reliance on Russia with first operational flight of Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX and NASA are teaming up to send "Crew-1" to the International Space Station. Four astronauts are set for launch Saturday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will include former Navy test pilot Victor Glover, a first-time flyer who will be the first Black astronaut to stay for a long-duration mission. Mark Strassmann reports.
After six years, two successful test flights and a multibillion-dollar investment in American enterprise, NASA launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first government-certified flight of a commercially developed SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The historic joint effort between NASA and SpaceX, called Crew-1, to launch a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station has been delayed citing weather conditions. While there were no issues with the launch, the decision to delay was made out of concerns about the landing. Mark Strassmann reports.
A scheduled SpaceX launch is set to open a new era for America's space program, with crews routinely launching to the International Space Station using commercially developed spacecrafts. Mark Strassmann has the latest.
The launch was expected to give NASA the data needed to press ahead with the next Crew Dragon fight to space station.
SpaceX is replacing two suspect engines in the Falcon 9 rocket that will boost four astronauts to the space station.
The launch will mark the first operational flight by SpaceX's commercially developed Crew Dragon spacecraft.
With Saturday's launch, SpaceX has put 895 Starlinks into orbit, 180 of them — more satellites than any other company owns -- in less than three weeks.
It was the first of two planned Starlink launchings in just three days.
Launch delay will give engineers more time to resolve an engine turbopump issue on a different rocket
Shrugging off a Falcon 9 launch abort last week and a scrub Monday, SpaceX fired 60 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit Tuesday, the 13th batch in a fast-growing global network of broadband relay stations. CBS Los Angeles reports.
The launching followed back-to-back aborts last week, but it was smooth sailing Tuesday with a picture-perfect liftoff.
The cargo ship, with a new toilet on board, heads to the space station while SpaceX suffers a second straight launch abort.
The Cygnus supply ship was planning to carry 4 tons of supplies and equipment, including a new zero-gravity toilet for the space station crew.
SpaceX crew capsule will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month stay.
The man behind SpaceX and Tesla now wants to get inside your brain. Elon Musk's startup company "Neuralink" is looking to implant chips in the human brain to help treat neural disorders. Some say the device could be one day also be used to link human brains right to the internet. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN's Lana Zak with details.
The findings hold promise for preventing muscle and bone loss in astronauts on prolonged space trips like Mars missions.
Dozens of companies and wealthy individuals have given money toward President Trump's White House ballroom project. Many have also sought favorable policies.
A red and gray scrap truck carried remnants of the East Wing about six miles from the White House.
The deployment dramatically increases the number of U.S. service members and ships dedicated to countering narcotics traffickers.
President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election.
The government shutdown hit Day 25 with no deal in sight as the Senate stands adjourned for the weekend.
The U.S. sanctioned the Colombian president, an escalation of the feud between President Trump and the South American leader.
The Trump administration is proposing to auction offshore oil drilling leases across new portions of the U.S. coast as soon as 2026, according to internal documents viewed by CBS News.
President Trump said he's ending trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff ad campaign by the province of Ontario that uses Ronald Reagan's voice — leading Ontario to pull the ads after this weekend.
The Trump administration's deportation flights to Venezuela have continued amid heightened U.S.-Venezuelan tensions, senior Department of Homeland Security officials say.