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Two pilots, a Turkish research astronaut and three private citizens rocketed to space and back Saturday aboard Virgin Galactic‘s Unity spaceplane, enjoying spectacular views of Earth and about three minutes of weightlessness before gliding back to touchdown in New Mexico. It was the company’s 12th piloted up-and-down sub-orbital flight, its seventh with paying customers aboard
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From the archives: Bill Anders, Apollo 8 and the “Earthrise” photo – CBS News Watch CBS News Astronaut Williams Anders died Friday, June 7, 2024, at the age of 90. In this “CBS Sunday Morning” story originally broadcast December 23, 2018, Anders and his fellow crewmates from Apollo 8, James Lovell and Frank Borman, talked
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CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. Their respective ages — he’s 100, she’s a youngster
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Four Israeli hostages taken by Hamas from a music festival during the group’s October 7 terrorist attack were rescued alive Saturday during a raid on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces, the security service Shin Bet, and the Israeli police announced in a joint statement. 25-year-old Noa Argamani, 21-year-old Almog Meir
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Catherine, the Princess of Wales, wished the Irish Guards good luck on their final rehearsal before the Trooping of the Color parade in honor of the king’s birthday. CBS News previously confirmed that Kate would not be attending the Colonel’s Review, the formal dress rehearsal for the parade held on Saturday. In a letter shared
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Russia-installed officials in the partially occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Luhansk said Ukrainian attacks left at least 28 people dead as Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange drone attacks overnight into Saturday. A Ukrainian attack Friday on the small town of Sadove in Ukraine’s partially occupied Sadove region killed 22 and wounded 15 people,
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Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most iconic images of the space age — a mesmerizing view of the blue-and-white globe of Earth rising above the moon’s cratered horizon in the deep black of space — died Friday when a small plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington
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With less than a month left to collect signatures in Nevada, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. submitted a new petition to the Nevada Secretary of State’s office Thursday, despite having previously filed a lawsuit against the office in an attempt to secure his place on the state ballot. The independent candidate filed a lawsuit against the
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Tel Aviv — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make another trip to the Middle East next week as the U.S. attempts to ramp up support for a cease-fire proposal in the Israel-Hamas war announced last week by President Biden. Blinken will make stops in Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Qatar, the White House said, where
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Key prosecution witness testifies he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, wife Nadine Key prosecution witness testifies he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, wife Nadine 00:38 Washington — A key witness in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez testified Friday that he bribed the New Jersey Democrat and had given his wife, Nadine Menendez, a new Mercedes-Benz convertible, to
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