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Russian node module docks with International Space Station
Russia's Prichal docking module linked up with the International Space Station Friday, adding the final planned piece of the Russian segment of the outpost to provide a new connection for future crew and cargo ships.
VideoLive coverage: Russia launches new space station module from Kazakhstan
Russia plans to add another module to the International Space Station this week, and the journey began with a launch from Kazakhstan at 8:06 a.m. EST (1306 GMT) Wednesday on a Soyuz rocket. Russia's Prichal node module departed the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a two-day chase of the space station.
Cygnus cargo freighter ends mission at International Space Station
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship departed the International Space Station Saturday after a three-month stay, heading off on the final phase of its mission to deploy a U.S. military tech demo payload and re-enter the atmosphere to dispose of 7,500 pounds of trash.
VideoStation resumes normal operations, but risk from Russian ASAT test continues
The seven-person crew living on the International Space Station resumed normal operations Wednesday, two days after closing off parts of the complex as precaution following a widely-condemned Russian anti-satellite test that created a new cloud of space debris.
U.S. officials: Space station at risk from ‘reckless’ Russian anti-satellite test
Russia shot down an old Soviet-era military spacecraft Monday in a test of an anti-satellite weapon, scattering hundreds of thousands of debris fragments that will remain in orbit for years or decades, U.S. government officials said. The crew on the International Space Station sheltered in their lifeboats Monday as the complex flew through the debris field.
VideoLive coverage: Space station crew members take cover from space debris
The seven astronauts and cosmonauts living on the International Space Station took refuge Monday morning inside their Dragon and Soyuz ferry ships after a space debris field threatened to pass near the outpost.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX crew capsule docks at International Space Station
SpaceX's third operational crew mission to the International Space Station launched at 9:03 p.m. EST Wednesday (0203 GMT Thursday) on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and Matthias Maurer took off to begin a nearly six-month expedition on the International Space Station, where they docked at 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 GMT) Thursday.
SpaceX crew capsule brings astronauts home after nearly 200 days in orbit
Two NASA astronauts and mission specialists from Japan and France closed out a 199-day flight Monday on a SpaceX crew capsule, departing the International Space Station and riding their Dragon spacecraft through a scorching re-entry and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dragon to perform first 360-degree flyaround of space station since shuttle
Four astronauts closing out an expedition of nearly 200 days in orbit floated into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at the International Space Station Monday, a couple of hours before the ship was scheduled to undock and fly a 360-degree loop around the complex on the way back to Earth.
VideoLive coverage: Dragon crew capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
Four astronauts departed the International Space Station Monday after nearly 200 days in orbit, heading for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. The capsule undocked from the station at 2:05 p.m. EST (1905 GMT), and splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 10:33 p.m. EST (0333 GMT).