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Japan set to launch space station resupply mission

September 9, 2019 Stephen Clark

A Japanese HTV cargo freighter is set for launch Tuesday (U.S. time) aboard a powerful H-2B rocket, ferrying six new lithium-ion batteries, a Sony-developed laser communications terminal, fresh water and other equipment to the International Space Station.

India’s first attempt to land on the moon appears to end in failure

September 6, 2019 Stephen Clark

Ground teams lost communication with India’s first lunar landing mission moments before its scheduled touchdown on the moon Friday, and the robotic research craft apparently crashed during final descent.

Soyuz spacecraft, humanoid robot return to Earth after 16-day test flight

September 6, 2019 Stephen Clark

An unpiloted Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying a humanoid robot instead of cosmonauts, parachuted to a rare nighttime landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan Friday (U.S. time) to wrap up a test flight to the International Space Station that paved the way for crewed launches using upgraded Soyuz boosters next year.

Spaceport survey finds little damage from Hurricane Dorian

September 6, 2019 Stephen Clark

Launch facilities at Cape Canaveral were spared any significant damage as Hurricane Dorian churned northward off Florida’s east coast earlier this week, and employees at the spaceport resumed their normal work Friday.

Live coverage: Soyuz test flight concludes with landing in Kazakhstan

September 6, 2019 Stephen Clark

Russia’s unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft departed the International Space Station at 2:14 p.m. EDT (1814 GMT) and landed in Kazakhstan at 5:32 p.m. EDT (2132 GMT) Friday to conclude a nearly 16-day test flight. The spacecraft carried Russia’s Skybot F-850 robot back to Earth after completing a series of tests with Russian cosmonauts on the station.

Japan set to launch space station resupply mission

India’s first attempt to land on the moon appears to end in failure

Soyuz spacecraft, humanoid robot return to Earth after 16-day test flight

Spaceport survey finds little damage from Hurricane Dorian

Live coverage: Soyuz test flight concludes with landing in Kazakhstan

Live coverage: Mission control loses contact with Indian moon lander

SpaceX’s first rocket built for humans test-fired in Texas

Indian moon lander ready for final descent

Mini-helicopter installed on NASA’s next Mars-bound rover

Two satellites launch aboard Chinese Kuaizhou 1A rocket