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[ May 10, 2025 ] Rocket Lab to debut point-to-point cargo transportation capability on 2026 Air Force mission Mission Reports
[ May 10, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 900th Starlink satellite of 2025 during Saturday morning flight Falcon 9
[ May 9, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Falcon 9

Soyuz with three-man crew docks with space station

December 19, 2017 William Harwood

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian commander, a NASA flight engineer and a Japanese physician-astronaut docked with the International Space Station early Tuesday, capping a smooth two-day rendezvous to boost the lab’s crew back to six.

Station astronauts begin unpacking refurbished SpaceX cargo craft

December 18, 2017 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX-owned supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday with 2.4 tons of cargo, including space debris and solar energy monitors mounted in the Dragon spacecraft’s external payload bay and more than 3,400 pounds of gear inside its reused pressurized module.

Video: Dragon capsule arrives at space station

December 18, 2017 Stephen Clark

Closing out a two-day pursuit following launch from Cape Canaveral, a reused SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station Sunday with more than 4,800 pounds of supplies and experiments.

Soyuz blasts off on two-day flight to space station

December 17, 2017 William Harwood

While a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship closed in on the International Space Station early Sunday, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off from frigid Kazakhstan, boosting a fresh three-man crew into orbit for a two-day flight to the lab complex.

Photos: European rocket launched from South America

December 16, 2017 Stephen Clark

An Ariane 5 rocket launch Tuesday added four more navigation satellites to Europe’s Galileo network with an on-target deployment following liftoff from a jungle spaceport on the northeastern coast of South America.

Live coverage: Fresh crew docks at space station

December 16, 2017 Stephen Clark

Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov, NASA flight engineer Scott Tingle and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai docked with the International Space Station Tuesday at 3:39 a.m. EST (0839 GMT), two days after blastoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Rocket Lab test launch delayed to early 2018

December 16, 2017 Stephen Clark

The launch of a light-class booster by Rocket Lab, a U.S.-New Zealand company aiming to provide rides to orbit for small satellites, has been delayed to early next year after technical reviews, repairs and unfavorable weather combined to keep the test flight grounded this week.

Watch the Falcon 9 launch and 1st stage landing from every angle

December 16, 2017 Spaceflight Now

Watch replays of the launch and landing of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station.

SpaceX’s 50th Falcon rocket launch kicks off station resupply mission

December 15, 2017 Stephen Clark

A cache of cargo bound for the International Space Station lifted off on a commercial SpaceX launcher Friday, thundering into mostly clear skies over Florida’s Space Coast aboard a reused booster that made a bullseye landing back at Cape Canaveral accompanied by a crackling sonic boom.

Video: Falcon 9 launch replay from liftoff to landing

December 15, 2017 Stephen Clark

Flying with a reused first stage and a recycled Dragon supply ship, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday bound for the International Space Station on an unpiloted cargo delivery mission.