Space Station
SpaceX test-fires crew rocket as teams monitor downrange abort zone weather
SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday, checking off another box on the pre-flight checklist before liftoff Sunday with a four-person crew heading for the International Space Station. But a weather forecast shows a high risk that winds or waves int the Atlantic Ocean could force a launch delay.
Progress cargo ship relocated to new module at International Space Station
A Russian Progress supply ship docked with the new Nauka lab module at the International Space Station Friday, completing a 29-hour free flight after detaching from a different port at the complex. The relocation positions the Progress spacecraft to assist with leak checks of the Nauka module’s propulsion system.
Live coverage: Russian actress, film director, cosmonaut back on Earth
Closing out a nearly 12-day high-flying film shoot on the final frontier, Russian actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko returned to Earth Sunday with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy. The crew’s Soyuz spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at 12:35 a.m. EDT (0435 GMT), following an undocking from the International Space Station three hours earlier.