NASA hopes to launch historic Artemis II mission around the moon this week

NASA hopes to launch historic Artemis II mission around the moon this week – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA is hoping to lift off Wednesday on its Artemis II mission that will send a four-member crew on a nine-day trip around the moon and back before splashing down off the coast of San Diego. … Read more

The Supreme Court will weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship order this week. Here’s what to know about the case.

Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Wednesday to consider the legality of President Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship. The case is a major test of a key pillar of Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda and is the first in which the high court will weigh the legal merits of one … Read more

NASA to launch Artemis II crew on flight around the moon this week. Here’s everything to know about the mission.

After weeks of delays, NASA is finally poised for launch of a historic flight this week to send a crew of four astronauts on a trailblazing nine-day trip around the moon and back. The Artemis II mission — with commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — is … Read more

Artemis II is set to launch into space next week. Meet the astronauts’ rescue crew

The four-person crew of Artemis II is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida preparing to lift off and travel to the moon as early as Wednesday — and getting ready for any hurdles space may throw at them.  The astronauts’ round-trip space journey will cover nearly half a million miles over nine days. They will … Read more

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The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Hosted by Jane Pauley.  COVER STORY: Sister recounts relentless fight to free sibling held captive in Iraq for 903 daysPrinceton University doctoral student … Read more

Costa Rica to accept 25 ‘third country’ deportees from US every week

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — Costa Rica said Thursday that it would accept 25 migrants deported from the United States per week as part of an agreement to help the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries.” The Central American nation joins a growing number of countries across Africa and the Americas … Read more

Trump extends pause on Iranian energy plant strikes by more than a week

Trump extends pause on Iranian energy plant strikes by more than a week – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump on Thursday said he’s extending a pause on striking Iranian energy plants by more than a week. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe reports. Source link

The Hanwha Philly shipyard delivers around 1 ship a year. A South Korean Hanwha shipyard delivers 1 a week.

With the U.S. military on high alert amid the Iran war, there’s a national security crisis closer to home: the state of the American shipbuilding industry.  The nation’s naval shipbuilding program is bloated and slow, and commercial shipbuilding is near non-existent. Hanwha, which owns one of the only U.S. shipyards still building large commercial cargo … Read more

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says he’s had “several conversations this week” with Trump

After President Trump called NATO a “paper tiger without the U.S.,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the alliance has had “several conversations this week” with Mr. Trump and the “good news” is that 22 nations, including many in NATO, have since “come together.” Source link