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Station crew relocates Soyuz spaceship to new Russian module
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into their Soyuz ferry ship Tuesday at the International Space Station and moved the craft to a new docking port on Russia's Nauka lab module that arrived at the complex in July.
Dragon supply freighter docks at space station with 2.4 tons of cargo
Closing out a 31-hour flight from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule autonomously docked with the International Space Station Monday, delivering experiments, supplies, and fresh food to the complex.
Storms force scrub of SpaceX launch to resupply space station
Thunderstorms moving onshore at Cape Canaveral prevented SpaceX from launching a Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday, forcing a one-day delay to the start of the company's 23rd resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Space station spacewalk postponed by astronaut medical issue
A planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station Tuesday was postponed after NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei was diagnosed with a pinched nerve, which NASA described as a "minor medical issue."
VideoPhotos: Antares launches on Northrop Grumman’s 16th space station cargo flight
These images show the liftoff of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket on Aug. 10 from Wallops Island, Virginia, kicking off an unpiloted resupply mission carrying more than 8,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station.
Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station with four tons of cargo
Closing out a 36-hour flight from a launch pad in Virginia, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station Thursday with a host of biomedical experiments, supplies for a 3D printing tech demo, fresh food, and spare parts.
Boeing continues Starliner valve troubleshooting
Boeing engineers at Cape Canaveral continue troubleshooting stuck valves in the propulsion system of the company's Starliner crew capsule in hopes of resolving the problem -- and understanding what caused it -- in time to take off on an unpiloted test flight before the current launch window closes later this month.
Launch of Boeing crew capsule scrubbed due to propulsion system issue
Officials scrubbed the planned launch of a Boeing-built crew capsule Tuesday to examine a potential technical issue in the spacecraft's propulsion system, delaying the start of a critical unpiloted test flight to prove the ship is ready to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.
VideoLive coverage: Newly-arrived Russian module causes problems at space station
Russia's Nauka science module docked with the International Space Station at 9:29 a.m. EDT (1329 GMT) Thursday. Hours later, unexpected thruster firings caused the station to temporarily lose attitude control. Nauka is the largest addition to the complex in more than a decade.
VideoLive coverage: Launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft delayed to Tuesday
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.