William Anders, former Apollo 8 astronaut, dies in plane crash
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most iconic images of the space age — a mesme...
William Harwood
09/06/2024
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Astronauts thrilled to be making first piloted flight aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft
Two veteran astronauts flew to the Kennedy Space Center Thursday afternoon to prepare for the first ...
William Harwood
26/04/2024
He hoped to be the first Black astronaut in space, but never made it. Now 90, he's going.
In 1961, Ed Dwight hoped to become the first Black astronaut in space. But he never made it. Now, at...
Caitlin O'Kane
26/04/2024
First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, found by NASA astronauts
It has been one of the universe's greatest mysteries — the disappearance of the first tomato grown i...
Simrin Singh
10/12/2023
NASA introduces 4 astronauts who will fly to the moon on Artemis II mission
A Canadian astronaut and three NASA veterans, including one of the world's most experienced female s...
William Harwood
04/04/2023
20 years after space shuttle Columbia disaster, lessons learned still in sharp focus at NASA
From the archives: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003 by CBS News on YouTube From the a...
William Harwood
01/02/2023
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries longtime love on his 93rd birthday
Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin announced on Facebook that he has married his "longtime love" in a sma...
Manager
22/01/2023
Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7's last surviving astronaut, dies at 90: "He is the definition of an American hero"
On Oct. 11, 1968, three men boarded NASA's Saturn IB and had what the agency described as a "perfect...
Li Cohen
04/01/2023
SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts arrive home with rare pre-dawn splashdown in Gulf of Mexico
Four astronauts strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, undocked from the International Spac...
William Harwood
03/05/2021
Astronauts describe ride to space aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that boosted astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken into space prov...
William Harwood
02/06/2020
Astronauts prepare for the first manned orbital mission in nearly a decade: "We're go for launch"
Update: Wednesday's launch was scrubbed due to weather; launch has now been rescheduled for Saturday...
Mark Strassmann
27/05/2020
Brad Pitt asks NASA astronaut: Who was better — me or Clooney?
Academy Award nominated actor Brad Pitt called into the International Space Station and spoke with a...
Brian Pascus
17/09/2019
How to watch Apollo 11 moon landing 50th anniversary special coverage
Fifty years ago, millions of people worldwide were glued to their television sets as America launche...
Manager
16/07/2019
NASA opens space station to private-sector astronauts
NASA unveiled an ambitious program Friday to commercialize low-Earth orbit, making way for visits by...
William Harwood
08/06/2019