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Live coverage: Japanese cargo craft departs International Space Station
Live coverage of the departure of a Japanese cargo craft from the International Space Station. The fifth HTV cargo freighter delivered a 9,500-pound package of food, spare parts and experiments.
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Live coverage: Three-man crew arrives at space station
Three new space station residents blasted off Wednesday on a fast-track six-hour pursuit of the orbiting research complex, kicking off five months in space. The U.S.-Russian-Japanese space crew lifted off at 2102 GMT (5:02 p.m. EDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and docking occurred 0245 GMT (10:45 p.m. EDT).
U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes 2015 class
A proud "Hubble Hugger," the final commander of shuttle Discovery, the first person to fly a docking to the International Space Station and one of the first U.S. women to join the astronaut ranks were inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Video2014’s top stories in spaceflight
The year ended with a deluge of big news, reminding us of the risks of spaceflight and the thin margins between success and failure on the final frontier. 2014 was also a year of breakthroughs in the exploration of the solar system and the future of human spaceflight.
VideoVideo: Orion splashdown seen from recovery ship
The Orion capsule splashdown as seen from the USS Anchorage recovery vessel in the Pacific.
VideoVideo: Orion EFT-1 test flight ends with a splashdown in the Pacific
The splashdown of Orion in the Pacific Ocean concludes the EFT-1 shakedown cruise for NASA's new space capsule.
VideoVideo: Onboard camera captures Orion capsule return to Earth
A camera mounted aboard the Orion capsule for the EFT-1 test flight records the space capsules plunge toward the Pacific Ocean and its splashdown beneath three parachutes.
Orion Exploration Flight Test No. 1 timeline
The first orbital test flight of NASA’s Orion crew capsule will lift off on top of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37B launch pad.
VideoNASA astronaut Rex Walheim excited about Orion test flight
NASA astronaut Rex Walheim says the Orion EFT-1 test flight represents the opening of a new era for the space agency.