Category: 60 Minutes
The challenges behind NASA’s next giant leap #shorts
SpaceX has faced several setbacks testing Starship, the biggest and most powerful launch vehicle ever built. The delays have pushed back NASA’s plans to return [more…]
Forty minutes of silence on the far side of the moon #shorts
The Artemis II astronauts could fly farther into space than any humans ever before. #artemis #nasa #astronaut Source
First look at Blue Origin’s Mark 1 lunar lander #shorts
60 Minutes cameras were the first allowed to film Blue Origin’s Mark 1 lander. The unmanned cargo vehicle will be the company’s first spacecraft to [more…]
The new space race: U.S. vs. China #shorts
Scott Pace, former executive secretary of the National Space Council during the first Trump administration, says it would be “massively embarrassing” if China were to [more…]
How American improv landed in Amsterdam #shorts
“It was probably the best stoner idea ever,” says Andrew Moskos, one of the creators of the Amsterdam improv comedy club Boom Chicago. “Let’s quit [more…]
A tough crowd for improv comedy #shorts
“Dutch people, not the most giving laughers,” says Seth Meyers. He says they laugh quietly and briefly. Still, that tough crowd in the Netherlands became [more…]
Seth Meyers’ unlikely start in Amsterdam #shorts
When Seth Meyers moved to the Netherlands to launch his career, he admits he knew very little about the country. “I was like, ‘Well, first [more…]
From Boom Chicago to “SNL” #shorts
Seth Meyers says he draws a direct line from Boom Chicago to “Saturday Night Live.” #boomchicago #sethmeyers #SNL Source
NASA’s first human moon mission in more than 50 years #shorts
60 Minutes’ Bill Whitaker went to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see the 3.5 million-pound Space Launch System rocket, NASA’s most powerful. #artemis #nasa [more…]
Meet the astronauts headed to the moon #shorts
Bill Whitaker asks the first astronauts set to travel to the moon in more than half a century what’s going through their minds. “Don’t screw [more…]