Cleanup Starts at Pennsylvania Cold War Nuclear Dump
Federal crews have begun excavating a long-buried Cold War nuclear waste site in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, ending decades of legal battles, health concerns and public pressure.
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Clairton's Coke Plant: Health Risks and Regulatory Rollbacks
On the west bank of the Monongahela River, North America’s largest coke plant towers over neighborhoods about a mile from Clairton Elementary School. The plant’s operations release hazardous pollutants into nearby...
Artemis II: Crewed Lunar Flyby Reignites Moon Exploration
Artemis II’s four-person crew has returned to Houston after a round-trip journey that covered nearly 700,000 miles and marked the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. The flight, launched on April 1 under a...
Orcas, Fisheries, and the Vanishing Great Whites of Seal Island
For decades the waters off Cape Town around Seal Island were world‑renowned for great white sharks. Photographers, researchers and cage‑diving operators regularly recorded hundreds of individuals each season; dramatic...
Sundar Pichai: America Should Lead Responsible AI
Speaking on 60 Minutes, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai urged the United States to take the lead in artificial intelligence, developing it boldly yet responsibly so its gains reach all Americans. Framing the...
Crowds Cheer Artemis II Splashdown Near San Diego
CBS News reporter Jared Ochacher was at the Fleet Science Center in San Diego as more than a thousand people — children and adults — gathered to watch live coverage of the Artemis II crew's splashdown, which occurred...
Artemis II Crew Returns to Houston After Moon Flyby
The four-person Artemis II crew — commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday to cheers from families and...
Artemis II Crew Returns to Houston After Triumphant Mission
The Artemis II astronauts returned to Houston after a successful mission that ended with a Friday night splashdown off the coast of San Diego. Recovery teams hoisted the capsule aboard an aircraft carrier and the crew...
Artemis II Crew Share First Public Remarks After Moon Mission
The four Artemis II crewmembers — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — spoke publicly for the first time since returning from their successful lunar mission at Ellington Field Joint Reserve...
NASA Briefing After Artemis II Splashdown
NASA officials held a press conference to update the public after the Artemis II crew returned to Earth following their historic flight around the Moon. The Orion crew capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off San...
Artemis II Crew Splashes Down Off San Diego
The Orion capsule carrying the four Artemis II astronauts made a Pacific Ocean splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 p.m. ET, concluding a historic roughly 10‑day lunar loop. Mission Control described the...
Artemis II Crew Hoisted to Ship After Splashdown
Artemis II’s four astronauts were winched from an inflatable raft in the Pacific by helicopter after their capsule splashed down and then flown to a recovery ship for medical checks and onward transport.