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Photos: Russian cargo craft fires away from snow-covered cosmodrome
Russia's Progress MS-05 supply ship lifted off Wednesday on top of a Soyuz-U rocket, climbing into orbit from a snow-covered launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the way to the International Space Station.
SpaceX supply ship completes journey to space station
Running a day late after aborting a rendezvous to resolve a navigation glitch, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft made a smooth final approach to the International Space Station on Thursday, floating in range of the research lab’s robot arm for capture to deliver 2.7 tons of supplies and research experiments.
SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a day
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship, loaded with nearly 5,500 pounds of cargo and experiments, aborted an approach to the International Space Station on Wednesday after encountering a problem in its GPS navigation system.
Soyuz blasts off on Russian resupply run to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz booster blasted off from a snow-covered launch pad in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with nearly 6,000 pounds of fuel, water and supplies for the International Space Station.
VideoSoyuz booster rolls out for launch with space station supply freighter
A Soyuz rocket and Progress supply ship packed with nearly 3 tons of cargo, provisions and fuel for the International Space Station rolled out to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday.
VideoDrone’s view of Sunday’s SpaceX rocket landing
Check out a dazzling drone's-eye view of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster returning to an on-target landing at Cape Canaveral a few minutes after launching Sunday with more than 2.5 tons of space station cargo.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A, then lands nearby
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from launch pad 39A, a historic facility under lease from NASA, and delivered to orbit an uncrewed supply ship heading for the International Space Station. The first stage booster returned to a landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first such recovery on land in daylight.
VideoHistoric launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX
SpaceX sent a cargo capsule with nearly 5,500 pounds of experiments and supplies on a three-day trip to the International Space Station on Sunday, firing the automated spaceship through low-hanging clouds and into orbit from the same launch pad where Apollo astronauts began voyages to the moon.
Concern with steering mechanism scrubs Falcon 9 launch
SpaceX called off the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday less than 15 seconds before liftoff to investigate the "slightly odd" behavior of the vehicle's upper stage engine steering system, company chief Elon Musk said.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket on the eve of its first launch from pad 39A
These photos follow the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft through a final rehearsal, the late stowage of cargo, and finally the lifting of the launcher vertical atop pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.