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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into overcast sky from pad 39A

February 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

Check out one more gallery of photos from Sunday’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Photos: Russian cargo craft fires away from snow-covered cosmodrome

February 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

Russia’s Progress MS-05 supply ship lifted off Wednesday on top of a Soyuz-U rocket, climbing into orbit from a snow-covered launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the way to the International Space Station.

SpaceX supply ship completes journey to space station

February 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

Running a day late after aborting a rendezvous to resolve a navigation glitch, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft made a smooth final approach to the International Space Station on Thursday, floating in range of the research lab’s robot arm for capture to deliver 2.7 tons of supplies and research experiments.

Europe’s next Sentinel land imaging satellite mated to rocket booster

February 22, 2017 Stephen Clark

Ground crews have mounted the fully-fueled Sentinel 2B spacecraft, the next mission in Europe’s multibillion-dollar Copernicus Earth observation satellite fleet, on top of a Vega rocket inside a protective gantry on its launch pad in French Guiana for blastoff next month.

Watch a video replay of NASA’s exoplanet announcement

February 22, 2017 Stephen Clark

NASA announced Wednesday the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star 39 light-years from Earth, and three of the rocky worlds may have the right conditions to support life.

SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a day

February 22, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship, loaded with nearly 5,500 pounds of cargo and experiments, aborted an approach to the International Space Station on Wednesday after encountering a problem in its GPS navigation system.

Soyuz blasts off on Russian resupply run to International Space Station

February 22, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Russian Soyuz booster blasted off from a snow-covered launch pad in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with nearly 6,000 pounds of fuel, water and supplies for the International Space Station.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft to remain in current orbit around Jupiter

February 21, 2017 Stephen Clark

Concerns about the health of the Juno spacecraft’s main engine have compelled NASA managers to keep the research probe in its current arcing, high-altitude orbit around Jupiter, a decision that will delay the full science return from the $1.1 billion mission but should still allow it to meet all predetermined objectives.

Soyuz booster rolls out for launch with space station supply freighter

February 20, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Soyuz rocket and Progress supply ship packed with nearly 3 tons of cargo, provisions and fuel for the International Space Station rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday.

Drone’s view of Sunday’s SpaceX rocket landing

February 20, 2017 Stephen Clark

Check out a dazzling drone’s-eye view of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket booster returning to an on-target landing at Cape Canaveral a few minutes after launching Sunday with more than 2.5 tons of space station cargo.