Mark Strassmann

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Mark Strassmann |Analisa Novak

Private companies have launched nearly 120 civilians to the edge of space, establishing a new frontier in travel. Space tourism is no longer science fiction, but science fact. Two companies – Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic – offer suborbital flights reaching approximately 50 to 60 miles above Earth. These journeys last as little as 11 minutes, and have sent newly-minted astronauts, tycoons and celebrities — including "Star Trek" actor William Shatner — to space.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Mark Strassmann |Analisa Novak

Private companies have launched nearly 120 civilians to the edge of space, establishing a new frontier in travel. Space tourism is no longer science fiction, but science fact. Two companies – Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic – offer suborbital flights reaching approximately 50 to 60 miles above Earth. These journeys last as little as 11 minutes, and have sent newly-minted astronauts, tycoons and celebrities — including "Star Trek" actor William Shatner — to space.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Mark Strassmann

Louisiana resident Adam Petersen was ahead of the curve when he named his Cajun charter fishing boat company "Gulf of America Outfitters." The name wasn't meant to be a political statement, but a symbol of the local community's connection to the environment, he said. "It hit home for a lot of people. It was more of an ode to the folks that we felt like it represented," Petersen said. And while he insists the name is "still not political" — it has recently become just that.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Mark Strassmann

Sisters struggle to pay dad's $12,000 funeral bill George Gabriel, a retired truck driver, was 85 when he died last August with no savings and no life insurance for his family to collect. His grieving daughters, Mary Wenzel and Christine Gabriel, organized what they thought was a modest funeral in Illinois, but it cost more than $12,000 — money they simply didn't have. "I lost my father and my job on the same day," Christine Gabriel said.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Mark Strassmann |Samantha Wender

Florida's decimated orange groves face new threats In its juicy heyday, a glass of orange juice was a staple of a healthy breakfast. Orange crops flourished in Florida — the "Orange State."Shannon Shepp, executive director of the state's Department of Citrus, agrees those were the "good old days," but she also knows nostalgia is no nutrient to grow a sunny future. While some industries have supply issues and some have demand issues, oranges have both.