NASA has announced the four astronauts who will take part in the Artemis III moon mission. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer for the Franklin Institute, joined CBS News to discuss what we know about the mission so far. Source link
NASA has announced the names of four astronauts and a backup crew member for the Artemis III mission to the moon. The crew includes NASA commander Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, who will serve as the pilot, and NASA’s Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio, who will serve as mission specialists. The group … Read more
NASA on Tuesday named the four astronauts it plans to send on the Artemis III mission, the next major step in its return-to-the-moon program. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas are expected to launch into Earth orbit … Read more
NASA is introducing the four astronauts of the next Artemis moon program mission on Tuesday. The announcement at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, set for 11:30 a.m. ET, kicks off a year or more of mission-specific training for the Artemis III crew. They are expected to launch into Earth orbit next year to test … Read more
NASA is set to announce astronauts for Artemis III. Here’s what to know about the mission – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA on Wednesday is set to announce the astronauts it selected for the Artemis III mission, which is expected to launch in 2027. Mark Strassmann has more. Source link
As it passed behind Mars six months ago, NASA’s MAVEN probe was still working normally, studying how the solar wind impacts the Martian atmosphere. But during that 20- to 30-minute pass behind the red planet, out of contact with Earth, something went wrong, and the spacecraft has not been heard from since. On Wednesday, after … Read more
Officials are pivoting to a rescue mission at the site of a chemical implosion in Washington. Ranji Sinha, a reporter for CBS affiliate KIRO, joins with more details. Source link
Rescuers in Laos are risking their lives to save seven missing miners. Officials say the artisanal gold miners became trapped seven days ago, when early monsoon rains hit southern Asia, flooding the tunnel. Matt Gutman reports. Source link
NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II’s record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will provide a pair … Read more
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on his latest mission to assuage nervous U.S. allies in Europe about the Trump administration’s intentions with NATO or at least put a friendlier face on whipsawing changes and uncertainty about American troop reductions. Rubio will attend a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Sweden on Friday — … Read more