I know you expect that everything is going to go according to plan, but what are your concerns. >> I'm sorry, Bill. Was that was that a joke that everything goes.>> According to lead flight director Jeff Ratigan, a flawless mission is NASA's neverending quest. >> I expect things will go very well and I also expect there's going to be something unexpected. I think every space mission we've flown, something has come up and we've had to deal with it.Ratigan told us he has great confidence in the Artemis 2 miss ...

The families of Renee Good and Alex Prey are seeking the truth. And I wonder what you would say to them in this moment. It's hard to know, you know, what to say and I'm not sure exactly how to respond to the emotions of it.I think that no one who is protesting, you know, deserves to be shot. You know, should the police have deescalated. Absolutely.Could the people have deescalated. Yes. None of it justifies what happened, but there were off-ramps all along here.There were off-ramps, and neither side chose t ...

Can the American people trust the Department of Homeland Security. >> I think to restore trust, things are going to have to improve. But I'm not going to say it's all on one side.I mean, Minneapolis, the mayor of Minneapolis has said explicitly he will not cooperate. That is a significant part of the problem. >> Republicans have been most often in lock step with President Trump.And I wonder if you think that's beginning to fracture over these incidents. My job is always to uh try to ascertain the truth and ...

I saw no evidence. I saw a man that was retreating. I mean, he went to the middle of the street.He didn't even obstruct traffic. He let a car go through. As the agents advanced on him, he retreated to the side of the street.A woman is violently pushed to the ground and he turns to help her, and that's when he is grabbed from behind. >> I saw no evidence of him assaulting the police. >> Should Secretary Gnome be fired.I think we have to get through our hearing February 12th and I think we have to see what th ...

Who can you kill and when can you kill them. [screaming] Those are questions Republican Senator Ran Paul is asking after the death of two people in Minneapolis at the hands of federal immigration officers. >> You seem to be saying trust is broken >> without question.>> How can trust be restored. What's at stake. >> Public confidence in our rule of law in general.>> For a moon rocket this massive, this is what one small step looks like. At Kennedy Space Center, the 3 and 12 million pound rocket and crew caps ...

These can be unnerving times for American comedy. The TV sitcom is going by way of the cam laugh track while the president tries to heckle late night comedians out of jobs. But funny persists and funny travels internationally.In the early 90s, two opportunistic comics decided to open an English language improv joint in Amsterdam. It sounded less like a winning business idea than a punchline given the Netherlands reputation as a comic. Well, Netherland.But 30 plus years later, their club Boom Chicago has imp ...

This month, NASA is aiming to launch four astronauts a top a 32story rocket on a 10-day mission around the far side of the moon. The flight of Artemis 2 will be NASA's first human mission to the moon since Apollo 17 53 years ago. NASA sees it as a critical stepping stone toward its ultimate goal, landing astronauts on the lunar surface again, establishing a sustained presence there, and using the moon as a gateway to future Mars missions.After a number of delays, President Trump set a goal of returning Amer ...

Who can you kill and when can you kill them. Those are questions Republican Senator Ran Paul asked last week after the deaths in Minneapolis of Renee Good and Alex Prey, shot by officers of the Department of Homeland Security. Senator Paul is chair of the Homeland Security Committee and against the grain of many in his party, he has scheduled a public hearing on Minneapolis.Paul told us he doesn't trust the Trump administration's investigation after top officials failed to tell the truth. Homeland Security ...

The last minute of 60 Minutes is sponsored by United Healthcare. Coverage you can count on for your whole life ahead. The Smithsonian Institution holds more than 155 million items.It's such an eclectic mix, it's been called America's attic. As secretary of the Smithsonian, Lonnie Bunch III is in charge of all of it. We asked Bunch which object is his favorite representation of America.>> I would argue the great strength of America is the desire to enlarge freedom. And for me, the object is a freedom paper a ...

In 2024, Bill Whitaker continued his reporting on Artemis, NASA's program which aims to send people back to the moon, establish an outpost at the south pole, and, eventually, make it to Mars. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTu ...