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SpaceX's Inspiration4 astronauts share first snapshots from historic private space trip

The four private astronauts of SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew have shared their first snapshots from their historic first-ever all-civilian space trip and they look thrilled. The images, released in the wee hours of Friday (Sept. 17) via the Inspiration4 ...

How to see SpaceX's Inspiration4 spacecraft in the night sky

Four private astronauts are currently circling the globe in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, and you can see the capsule from Earth — if you're in the right place at the right time. The Crew Dragon launched into space on Wednesday (Sept.

Chinese astronauts land after historic 3-month mission to new space station

The first crewed mission to China's new space station is in the books. A spacecraft carrying Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo touched down safely in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia today (Sept. 17) at 1:34 a.m. EDT (0534 GMT; ...

Celebs, astronauts and more cheer on SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission after successful launch

At 8:02 p.m. EDT last night (0002 GMT Sept. 16), SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission successfully launched four people from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the first all-civilian mission to orbit.

Ancient Mars was rocked by violent, climate-changing volcanic eruptions

Volcanic super eruptions regularly tore up the surface of Mars billions of years ago, altering the planet's climate for decades and creating scars that are still visible today, a new study has found. A team of American geologists found evidence that ...

Inspiration4 crew chats with Elon Musk, works through first full day in space

The first all-civilian, privately-funded crew to reach orbit came through their initial hours in weightless environment of space "healthy, happy and resting comfortably," SpaceX reported Thursday. Company founder Elon ...

900-year-old Chinese supernova mystery points to strange nebula

The event, like the famous Crab Nebula-forming stellar explosion of 1054, is one of just a handful of bright nearby flashes noted in historical records, but unlike the Crab Nebula, the 1181 spectacle was tricky to pin down.

SpaceX launches all-civilian crew on Inspiration4 mission

CBS News

CBS News

An all-civilian crew streaked into space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday on the first privately funded, non-government trip to orbit, a historic three-day flight devoted to raising $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

China rolls out rocket for Tianzhou 3 cargo mission ahead of Monday launch (photos)

As one high-profile Chinese mission returns to Earth, another prepares to lift off. A Long March 7 rocket topped with the robotic Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft has rolled out to its pad at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan, Chinese space ...

Four private citizens ride SpaceX rocket into orbit on historic mission

A Falcon 9 rocket lit up Florida's Space Coast with a roaring liftoff from pad 39A at Kennedy at 8:02:56 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0002:56 GMT Thursday). The launch kicked off SpaceX's fourth-ever crew mission to low Earth orbit, but the first without any NASA ...