Mission Reports

Live coverage: Technical issues again prevent full loading of SLS tanks

NASA tried for the third time Thursday to load cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants into the Space Launch System moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, after ground system issues cut short a countdown rehearsal on two occasions earlier this month. But a hydrogen leak in the connection between the launch platform and the core stage again forced officials to call off the countdown.

Mission Reports

Live coverage: SpaceX crew capsule docks with space station

Less than a day after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, four commercial space fliers arrived Saturday at the International Space Station, becoming the first all-private crew to visit the orbiting research complex. Docking of SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with the station occurred at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229 GMT).