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ULA’s navy delivers rocket that will launch supplies to the space station
The ocean-sailing ship that transports rocket stages from United Launch Alliance's factory to U.S. launch sites completed its latest voyage overnight, pulling into port to deliver the Atlas 5 that will send a cargo freighter to the International Space Station in March.
Video: Highlights of second Expedition 50 spacewalk
Video highlight reel of Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough and flight engineer Thomas Pesquet conducting six-hour spacewalk on Jan. 13.
Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 13 spacewalk
This is a narrated animation previewing the steps and activities to be performed by the International Space Station astronauts during the battery replacement spacewalk on Jan. 13.
Video: Expedition 50 spacewalk highlights
Video highlight reel of Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough and flight engineer Peggy Whitson conducting six-hour 32-minute spacewalk on Jan. 6.
Video: Narrated preview of Jan. 6 spacewalk
This is a narrated animation previewing the steps and activities to be performed by the International Space Station astronauts during the battery replacement spacewalk on Jan. 6.
Video: NASA officials preview space station battery replacement spacewalks
From the Johnson Space Center in Houston, officials from NASA brief reporters on two upcoming spacewalks outside the International Space Station to replace aging batteries in the outpost's power grid.
Spending Christmas in space
A Christmas Eve reading from the book of Genesis by the Apollo 8 astronauts -- commander Frank Borman, lunar module pilot Bill Anders and command module pilot Jim Lovell -- from lunar orbit in 1968.
Video: Soyuz launches three-person international crew
The Russian Soyuz MS-03 crew transport spacecraft is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with three passengers on a two-day trek to the International Space Station.
Video: Soyuz rocket rolled to pad for Expedition 50 crew launch
The Russian Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft and booster rocket were rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday in preparation for liftoff Thursday at 3:20 p.m. EST (2020 GMT) on a two-day trek to the International Space Station.
Atlas 5 rocket to launch space station cargo delivery mission in March
Calling on the Atlas 5 rocket to flex its muscles one more time, Orbital ATK will partner with United Launch Alliance once again to send a massive load of supplies to the International Space Station astronauts early next year.