CBS News senior correspondent Mark Strassmann reports on Virgin Galactic’s historic flight which comes just nine days before Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin takes flight. Source

CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata reports from Kabul on the potential threat from the Taliban to Afghanistan. Source

Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told “Face the Nation” that if the approval process for the COVID vaccine boosters doesn’t begin soon, “we’re not going to be in a position to have boosters available should we need it come the fall.” Source

On Sunday, Richard Branson became the first owner of a private space company to launch aboard one of his own spacecraft. Source

The aircraft was helping perform reconnaissance and command and control over the Cedar Basin Fire when it crashed. Source

“Sunday Morning” takes us to a real hot spot – Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. Videographer: Jaime McDonald. Source

Jane Pauley looks at the Caribbean island nation once again in the news, with the assassination this week of its president, Jovenel Moïse. Source

Scientists who are breeding the California condor in captivity and releasing them into the wild say the endangered bird faces a critical hazard: lead poisoning from hunters’ ammunition used to fell game which this bird of prey may scavenge. Correspondent Conor Knighton talks with conservationists who are promoting lead-free ammunition to protect the species’ future. Source

Joe Hall served as a Navy Petty Officer First Class during World War II. Now 97, he was looking for a proper Navy uniform in which to be buried, and found a Dunedin, Florida seamstress who happily enlisted in the project. Steve Hartman reports. Source

“Sunday Morning” remembers two notable film industry figures who left us this week: Robert Downey Sr., director of the cult classic “Putney Swope”; and “Superman” director Richard Donner, who made us believe a man could fly. Source