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Live coverage: Launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft delayed to Tuesday

July 28, 2021 Stephen Clark

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Thursday, moving into position for liftoff to begin a critical unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station. Officials postponed the Starliner launch from Friday after a problem with the newly-arrived Russian Nauka module at the station.

“All eyes on weather” for Friday test launch of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule

July 27, 2021 Stephen Clark

The threat of lightning could thwart plans to launch an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Friday with a Boeing commercial crew capsule on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, according to the forecasters on the Space Coast.

Russia’s Pirs module discarded after 20 years of service at space station

July 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

Wrapping up nearly 20 years of service as a docking port and airlock, Russia’s Pirs module departed the International Space Station Monday under tow from a Progress supply ship, heading for a destructive re-entry in Earth’s atmosphere to clear the way for arrival of a larger science lab later this week.

NASA clears Boeing Starliner for launch on second unpiloted test flight

July 22, 2021 William Harwood

NASA and Boeing held a day-long flight readiness review Thursday and cleared the company’s CST-100 Starliner astronaut ferry ship for launch July 30 on a second unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station.

Russian science lab heads for International Space Station

July 21, 2021 Stephen Clark

The International Space Station is set to receive its biggest expansion in more than a decade after the launch of a Russian research lab and a European robotic arm Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Live coverage: Russia launches new space station science module

July 21, 2021 Stephen Clark

A long-delayed Russian science module and European robotic arm launched toward the International Space Station at 10:58 a.m. EDT (1458 GMT) Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton rocket successfully powered the Nauka science lab into orbit in pursuit of the space station.

SpaceX crew capsule relocated outside space station before Boeing mission

July 21, 2021 Stephen Clark

Four astronauts rode a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for a flight from one International Space Station docking port to another Wednesday, clearing the way for arrival of a Boeing Starliner crew ferry ship on an unpiloted test flight later this month.

Russian lab module set for launch to space station Wednesday

July 20, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Russian science module in development for more than 20 years is set for liftoff Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on top of a Proton rocket, kicking off an eight-day flight to the International Space Station to boost the lab’s capacity for research.

Dragon cargo ship departs space station and heads for Earth

July 8, 2021 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX cargo capsule undocked from the International Space Station Thursday and headed for splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico after a two-day delay to wait for Tropical Storm Elsa to clear the area.

Live coverage: Dragon cargo ship departs space station

July 8, 2021 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX cargo ship that delivered upgraded solar arrays to the International Space Station last month departed the orbiting outpost Thursday to begin the trip back to Earth. Undocking occurred at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT) Thursday, setting up for a re-entry and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico Friday at 11:29 p.m. EDT (0329 GMT Saturday).