in lunar exploration launching from kennedy space center last night aboard this spacex rocket is athena, a moon lander now rocketing toward the moon's south pole. it was built by a texas company that last year became the first private firm to land a vehicle on the moon. it toppled on its side after landing, but the company says it's now addressed the issue and is confident athena will land safely with hopes of drilling into the lunar surface to search for ice that could one day help sustain a settlement or fuel a spaceship to mars. >> we. >> as explorers of space, need to. >> be able to live off the. >> land as well. >> and the way to do that is to be able to get the water. if it's if it's there and be able to harness it for creating fuel and oxygen. >> as one spacecraft goes up, hopefully another will come back down. astronaut butch wilmore and suni williams have been on the space station since last june. they were only supposed to be there for eight days, but trouble with their ride home? the boeing starliner, forced nasa to delay the return. their eight day mission now eight months.

a spacex rocket is set to blast off from florida carrying a lunar lander named athena.get: the moon's south pole to search for ice. athena's brother, named odysseus, made a hard landing on the lunar surface last year and tipped on its side. two other landers are currently en route to the moon. coming up on the "cbs evening new plus," rising food prices and shifting politics. one atlanta grocery store owner finds herself caught in the middle. can her business survive? that's next. >> john: as the trump administration continues its crackdown on illegal immigration, a tension point has been revealed. at the center, businesses that rely on the undocumented to keep their farms or stores open. for tonight's "in depth," cbs's nicole valdes reports that tension can create uncertainty. >> reporter: inside this atlanta grocery store, the price of a gallon of milk can at times be what brings in or drives customers away. how many customers do you think you see here on a regular day? >> about 65 customers. >> reporter: luz hernandez opened el progreso supermarket in 2020. one of her

. >>> the lunar lander known as athena is on a second mission. it made news for being the first private company to land. athena is expected to make it to the moon in about a week. >>> while much of the country enjoys spring temperatures, the northeast is bracing for another round of rain and snow. meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all for us. hopefully it's a quick turn around. >> it sure will be. it's a quick-moving system, frances. we've got some of that rain and a bit of snow working across the same region, parts of the great lakes across the appalachians and the northeast. that's where we'll watch today to see the soggy conditions. i-95 corridor, specifically, you could see rain. might slow you down just a bit as you get out and about today. we'll deal with the next system on deck tomorrow. this will leave us with snow across the great lakes and the northeast. that lasts into saturday for our friends in the interior areas of new england. there's spring-like temperatures, 60s for the plains. upper 60s in ltle rock. we're running well

another week, another launch — spacex is behind athena, a six—legged lander that will spend about a week

six legged spacecraft named athena blasted off last night atop a spacex rocket.a product of the intuitive machine's company. the film's first attempt ended early with a lopsided landing last year. athena should reach the moon next thursday the ship is the third vessel actively heading for the moon's surface right now. >> president trump's cost cutting agenda is moving forward tonight. the house is actually considering a trio of new bills designed to cut waste, fraud, and abuse. lawmakers are also voicing concerns about some of the cuts recommended by elon musk. senior national correspondent aishah hasnie takes a look from capitol hill. >> i just wish congress would take back its power. >> former usaid workers blasting lawmakers today as they got just 15 minutes to collect their personal belongings from their old offices. it comes one day after some senate republicans raised questions about donley's sweep layoffs with white house chief of staff susie wiles during a closed door meeting on capitol hill. today, senate doge caucus republicans met with elon musk as the

it's carrying the athena lunar lander.different forms of water on the moon. nasa says the mission is to help understand the moon better and to help prepare for future human explorers. nasa's expecting will be lunar to land on the moon. march 6th. >> back here on land where getting ready for kron. 4 news at 5 talking about major drug and gun bust. but the vallejo police department has announced after thousands of fentanyl pills were found at daycare for for us. dan kerman has been working that story and we'll have the details coming up in the next hour. >> and state officials released new maps that show an increased fire danger for several. great communities. several. great communities. the news at 5 is next. we're still going for that sweet shot. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem... we're going for eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk. and has less major bleeding. over 97% of eliquis patients did not experience a stroke. don't stop eliquis without asking your doctor. stroke risk may

the six—legged lander, which is called athena will then touch down close to the lunar south pole. a sexnsible for giving this story of ani, a sex worker who marries the son of a russian oligarch, a bittersweet tale of doomed romance, really highlights the new york russian speaking from manhattan on the atlantic ocean. you take a look at anora and i think the locations are profoundly important. they are a character in the story and, a lot of times, the backdrop of a film informs you so much as to the life of the characters in the movie. sean wanted to make sure that, no matter what, we could get this block and be able to see the cyclone. this film wouldn't be what it is without ross. he secured tatiana's, he secured the wonderful i mean, literally, he got everything we needed. with its large russian—speaking community, worked perfectly as a location. to set my next film here. it's so beautiful. restaurant used in the picture. it's pretty good. really good. over a beef stroganoff lunch, we looked at sequences from anora shot at locations ross had found. he then showed me the scene that me

athena was very distraught and was asking me frantically if i had heard or spoken from shannon. dennis murphy: shannon hadn't been seen or heard from in more than a day. now, are you starting to do the calculation, even at the age of 13, that this is trouble? i was. i knew immediately that something was terribly wrong. dennis murphy: monique hung up with the roommate and made a few calls of her own. monique melendi: i immediately called my godmother, who was living in atlanta, asked her if she had heard from shannon. she had not. i called my aunt that also lived there. she had not heard from shannon. dennis murphy: monique was gripped with fear. she called her grandparents, and her grandfather came to pick her up. monique's dad, luis, was at work, photographing a baptism, and her mom, yvonne, was with him. and after they were done, luis and yvonne went to his mother's house. luis melendi: we got out of the car, and then my mother-- i think it was my mother or my sister came out and said, shannon is missing. and i dropped to the ground on my knees and i said, we'll never see her

. >> reporter: the second lander named athena or addie stands 14 feet tall, its mission much more ambitiousa and other customers, including a small rover, on it, nokia cellular technology, also aboard, a rocket-powered drone. it can hop along the surface into the moon's permanently shadowed craters. >> it's coming together. >> reporter: and we watched as technicians attached one of the final payloads, a nasa-built drill. near the moon's south pole engineers hope it will prospect for water ice, a critical resource for future deep space exploration. >> first one we showed it could be possible. here we go with the second one. if we stick that landing, it's repeatable. that's very important. >> reporter: important for his company's future in this new frontier. >>> that's it for the news at 5:00. we now blast off with cbs news bay area juliette goodrich right now. >> thank you. >>> right now at 6:00, it's one of the fastest growing communities in the bay area. >> it's a great addition. >> how this giant costco signals a building boom in east contra costa county, the growing pains that come with

the lunar lander known as the athena is the second mission for the intuitive machine. it's made history a year ago by becoming the first private company to successfully land on the moon's surface. but that lander broke a leg and tipped over. it's expected to make it to the moon in about a ek. >>> why we could soon see elon musk drop in on "the daily show." musk drop in on "the dail show." it's time for bed! ( ♪♪ ) good morning, mr. snuggles. make breakfast special with the cocoa and hazelnutty goodness of nutella. ( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) feel the power of osteo bi-flex®. taken every day, it's clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. ( ♪♪ ) depend guards can't help you clear that pond on 18... but they'll make sure that's the only water hazard you have to worry about. ♪♪ keep it dry, guys. downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher, and better. because your jacket does more thanan keep yowarm. like when it smells like home... ...even far away from home. downy is more than just a fabric softener. it breathes life into your l

he says athena, this six legged nova-c lander will land on the south pole region of the moon. capable of carrying 300 pounds of cargo. it will also carry a drill that will be used to go beneath the lunar surface, to look for presence of gases. well, yeah, we have a good inkling that there's trapped water ice on the south pole region of the moon. what we're going to do here is demonstrate the technique of how you might drill to find it. if water ice is found beneath the moon's surface. it could be extracted and used for drinking, breathing, and a source of hydrogen and oxygen. associate administrator nikki fox says this is important in locating where we can set up a lunar economy. we do need to find where kind of the best place is. that's actually why we have various different missions in the next few years, going to different locations. so we can actually look at, you know, eventually, where would you want to set up that sustained presence? the goal is to transition these technologies so everyone benefits from the cutting edge research done in space. out of this world for sure

the six—legged lander, which is called athena and is roughly the same height as a giraffe, will spendfor its biggest night of the year — sunday's 0sca rs ceremony. a sex worker in new york, will take home some so is its location — the russian speaking community anora's location manager. responsible for giving anora a great sense of place. romance, really highlights the new york russian speaking community of brighton beach, which lies 15 miles from manhattan on the atlantic ocean. the mansion, brighton beach, the club where annie works — of times, the backdrop of a film that informs sean wanted to make sure that, no matter what, we could get this block and be able to see the cyclone. i'm waiting foryou. he secured the mansion. he secured tatiana's, he secures the wonderful candy shop we shot at. i mean, literally, he got everything we needed. anora has many russian speaking characters, and brighton beach, perfectly as a location. new york neighbourhood. to set my next film here. with ross brodar, i went to visit tatiana, the russian restaurant used in the picture. mushrooms, beef, crea

washington said the claims with multiple performer have another issue, finding associates, athena take you. so united states off of a sitting mass furnace that led to her all throughout the week. so for instance, do you have any comment on this? uh, that's laughable. uh, any implication to the united states was involved in a shake. the scene as resignation is absolutely false, but now a full must state department official has exposed how ponds to remove shake has seen from power, had been in the work since 2018 mike brand new, says new se id was instructed to spend money on projects that would profit of position groups and exploit issues to destabilize the country. and they noted, you know, that the rap music was, was popular and the young people were listening to rap music in bangladesh. so what do they do? they, they turned around and they took us taxpayer funds, they get a 100 percent of the money from, from the state department, and they work closely with usaid. they actually administer usaid programs all over bangladesh and all over the world. and they funded bangladesh. she rap g

another week, another launch — spacex is behind athena, a six—legged lander that will spend about a weekg to the moon. exchange was filmed. of the latest swap with israel arriving in the their release came after the bodies of four israeli hostages arrived at a forensic centre in tel aviv. all had been taken from their homes in tel aviv having no repeat was a condition of today's exchange. yesterday, he buried his wife and two sons. during their captivity. of the latest swap with israel arriving in the occupied west bank. among them were 50 people serving life sentences, but more than 400 were gazans detained during the war, often held without charge. their release came after the bodies of four israeli hostages arrived at a forensic centre in tel aviv. all had been taken from their homes in tel aviv on the 7th of october. previous releases had involved ceremonies that israel said were cruel and humiliating. having no repeat was a condition of today's exchange. amongst those released in previous weeks was yarden bibas. yesterday, he buried his wife and two sons. they had also been held hos

uh, any implication that the united states was involved in shakes athena's resignation is absolutely false, but now a full must state department official has exposed how ponds to remove shake has seen from power. had been in the work since 2018 mike brand new, says new se id was instructed to spend money on projects that would pro opposition groups and exploit issues to destabilize the country. and they noted, you know, that a rap music was, was popular and young people were listening to rap music in bangladesh. so what do they do? they, they turned around and they took us taxpayer funds. they get a 100 percent of the money from, from the state department, and they work closely with usaid. they actually administer usaid programs all over bangladesh and all over the world. and they funded bangladesh. she wrapped groups to produce a songs and music videos insinuating that people should take to the streets and do street protests. and you know, the classic a peaceful protest that's has the, the upside of being a riot vine. i'm a protest sprite in bangladesh for some 1500 people killed. w

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>> reporter: yes, that spacecraft is called athena. it's supposed to launch tomorrow night and it's going to the moon's south pole because that's where scientists are eager to learn what is beneath the surface. this is going to have drilling capabilities to get a closer look at that. guys, what's interesting is this is also the 3rd lunar lander launch in the span of roughly a month. we're expecting the blue ghost lander to make a landing on march 2nd this weekend. we talk about the ramping schedule of space news. it's not just humans going up to suborbital space flight, not just starship we might see happening on friday. we also have lunar landers going up in rapid succession. a busy time for space flight. >> a lot for you to keep track of. >>> time for some consumer news here on earth. an 80-year-old fabric company is shutting down. >> and a chinese company is reversing a policy that told employees to get married or be fired. bertha coombs joins us now. >> reporter: this one actually makes me sad because when i started out as a report