SpaceX's Super Heavy Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, blasted off Thursday morning in Texas. It was SpaceX's third test of its enormous rocket after the previous two launches ended in explosions. Although Thursday's launch was mostly successful, the rocket broke apart upon reentry. Kris Van Cleave has more.
SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket successfully boosted its unpiloted upper stage into space Thursday. The rocket was lost once it entered Earth's atmosphere. CBS News space analyst Bill Hardwood reports.
SpaceX's Super Heavy-Starship rocket appeared to launch according to plan on its third test flight Thursday morning from Boca Chica, Texas. Two previous test flights had ended with explosions. See the full launch.
Today's test flight of the SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship rocket follows two launches last year that were only partially successful.
Chemical ingredients identified around protostars, known as IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385, are tied to familiar parts of life on Earth: margaritas, vinegar and ant stings, NASA said.
Japanese company Space One is probing what went wrong after it was forced to explode a rocket shortly after liftoff on a mission meant to be Japan's first private sector success at putting a satellite into orbit.
Splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico closed out a 199-day mission spanning 3,184 orbits and 84.4 million miles.
The International Space Station crew members are expected to splash down near the Florida Panhandle to close out a nearly 200-day stay in space.
Two new images from the James Webb Space Telescope offer an unprecedented view of a stellar nursery in the Triangulum galaxy, about 2.73 million light-years away.
NASA is welcoming its newest class of astronauts, as six men and four women are newly eligible for spaceflight.
A new study suggests there is less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa than scientists previously thought.
Two teams of researchers studying a galaxy through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted the most distant active supermassive black hole ever found.
Four astronauts -- three Americans and a Russian -- boarded the International Space Station Tuesday and were greeted by colleagues they will replace as they begin a six-month stay in space. CBS News' Nancy Cordes has more.
The arrival of Crew 8 sets the stage for four other Crew Dragon fliers to return to Earth next week to wrap up a nearly 200-day flight.
SpaceX launched three Falcon 9 rockets within 20 hours, including two Monday just one hour and 50 minutes apart.
