2014 – Page 12 – Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: Space station crew sheltering from possible ammonia leak

November 23, 2014 Stephen Clark

Two NASA astronauts and an Italian flight engineer are sheltering in the space station’s Russian segment as mission control analyzes a possible leak of toxic ammonia coolant aboard the complex.

VIDEO: Expedition 42 news conference on eve of launch

November 23, 2014 Justin Ray

Terry Virts of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and their backups hold a news conference on the eve of launch.

International crew set for launch to space station Sunday

November 22, 2014 William Harwood

Soyuz TMA-15M commander Anton Shkaplerov, flanked on the left by flight engineer Samantha Cristoforetti and on the right by NASA astronaut Terry Virts, are scheduled for liftoff from complex 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday.

China launches for the second time in 24 hours

November 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

A mysterious new Chinese rocket lifted off and put a small satellite several hundred miles above Earth, marking China’s second space launch in less than 24 hours.

Deep Space Climate Observatory arrives at Florida launch site

November 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

A novel NOAA climate observatory with a unique past arrived at Cape Canaveral to begin two months of launch preparations, testing, and fueling before liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Soyuz ferry craft moved to launch pad

November 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

Riding a specialized railroad car before dawn Friday, a Soyuz rocket rolled out of a cavernous assembly building and arrived at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for liftoff Sunday with American, Russian and Italian crew members heading for the International Space Station.

Year: 2014

Live coverage: Space station crew sheltering from possible ammonia leak

VIDEO: Expedition 42 news conference on eve of launch

International crew set for launch to space station Sunday

China launches for the second time in 24 hours

Deep Space Climate Observatory arrives at Florida launch site

Soyuz ferry craft moved to launch pad

VIDEO: Expedition 42-43 mission preview

Pegasus rocket selected to launch ICON satellite

Video: Soyuz launcher ready for rollout

Spy satellite launched to serve Chinese government