Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander on course for descent to touchdown Sunday
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander closed in on the moon Saturday, on course for a nail-biting automated descent to touchdown early Sunday, the first of three private-sector robotic moon landers to reach its target after launches earlier this year.
The Blue Ghost lunar lander spent a month orbiting Earth after launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket in January, giving Firefly flight controllers in Austin, Texas, plenty of time to activate and test its systems and science payloads before heading to the moon.
Once there, the spacecraft spent 16 days in lunar orbit refining its trajectory and beaming back spectacular views of Earth from 240,000 miles away.
The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying President Trump's bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful.
President Trump's advisers on Saturday morning were still uncertain how to salvage a mining deal with Ukraine, which had been intended as a key first step in a Trump strategy to eventually secure a ceasefire and peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv.
Israel's government said early Sunday it supports a proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza through Ramadan and Passover, though Hamas has insisted on negotiating the truce's second phase instead.
President Trump says he plans to issue "a complete PARDON of Pete Rose," baseball's late career hits leader who was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander closed in on the moon Saturday, on course for a nail-biting automated descent to touchdown early Sunday, the first of three private-sector robotic moon landers to reach its target after launches earlier this year.
Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City, he announced Saturday afternoon.
Washington, D.C. — The number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border illegally in President Trump's first full month in office plunged to a level not seen in at least 25 years, according to preliminary government data obtained by CBS News.
From her home in Baker, Nevada, Elizabeth Woosley can see Andromeda - the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way (152,000 light years away) - with her naked eye. But she's one of the lucky ones as America's dark skies are rapidly disappearing.
A Will County jury has convicted a Plainfield, Illinois, landlord on all counts in the hate crime murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, and the stabbing of the boy's mother.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — Your birthday is the one time of year when it's OK to be selfish. It's all about you, and kids have been basking in that blessing for as long as we've had candles.
Washington — U.S. military aid to Ukraine could be in jeopardy after a contentious Oval Office meeting Friday between President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to administration officials familiar with the discussions.
For Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, opportunity didn't come without a struggle.
For Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, opportunity didn't come without a struggle.