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SpaceX launches 33rd cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station

SpaceX sent up a Dragon capsule loaded with 2.5 tons of equipment and supplies, along with an add-on thruster kit to help maintain the lab's altitude

SpaceX launches unpiloted X-37B spaceplane on classified mission

During its secretive mission, the X-37B will test new laser communications gear and a "quantum" navigation sensor.

Duffy: U.S. will beat China back to the moon

Sean Duffy, acting administrator of NASA, speaks with CBS News' Mark Strassmann about the new space race with China.

What a shooting star looks like up close

A meteorite appeared as a fireball seen in several states, including Georgia, where it landed in a house. Dave Malkoff explores its past.

New way to detect signs of life on Mars

Scientists have a new way to detect signs of life on Mars through an already-existing instrument called a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. Derrick Pitts, the chief astronomer and planetarium director at the Franklin Institute, joins with more.

ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first military mission

ULA's Vulcan is replacing the company's workhorse Atlas 5 rocket and the already-retired Delta 4 family of launchers.

Meteorite that ripped through Georgia home's roof is older than Earth

A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and South Carolina.

Space station astronauts return to Earth after 5-month mission

The splashdown off San Diego closed out a 148-day mission for two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a Russian cosmonaut.

4 space station fliers undock, head for Saturday splashdown

Crew 10 is the first NASA-sponsored crew that will land in the Pacific Ocean. All previous NASA Crew Dragon flights ended with splashdowns off the Florida Gulf coast or the Atlantic Ocean.

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies at age 97

Astronaut Jim Lovell circled the moon on Apollo 8 and helped bring Apollo 13 home safely despite a mishap far from Earth.

Is NASA wrong about a comet?

NASA says it's a comet, but Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb believes the object known as 3I-Atlas may be something far more advanced and not natural. He joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to explain why.

New image shows high-speed comet visiting from another solar system

Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to pass our way.

How would a nuclear reactor on the moon work?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is also the interim head of NASA, announced expedited plans this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon as part of a new space race. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer and planetarium director for the Franklin Institute, joins "The Takeout" to explain how the project could come together.

Crew Dragon docks with space station after problem-free rendezvous

The arrival of Crew 11 clears the way for four other station fliers to return to Earth next week after a 145-day stay in space.