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VideoSoyuz rocket rolls out for launch of Russian film crew
A Soyuz rocket rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan Friday, ready to blast off Tuesday to the International Space Station with veteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild, and film director Klim Shipenko.
VideoLive coverage: Japanese Epsilon rocket launch scrubbed
The fifth launch of a Japanese Epsilon rocket was scrubbed Thursday night. The mission will carry nine small satellites into orbit to test an array of space technologies, demonstrate techniques to eliminate space debris, and prove out a miniature space lab for biological experiments.
VideoLive coverage: Dragon cargo ship departs space station, heads for splashdown
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon supply ship undocked from the International Space Station Thursday and headed for splashdown off the coast of Florida. The reusable cargo capsule departed the station at 9:12 a.m. EDT (1312 GMT). Splashdown off the east coast of Florida occurred at 10:57 p.m. EDT (0257 GMT).
VideoLaunch timeline for Atlas 5’s mission with Landsat 9
A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set for launch with the Landsat 9 satellite, a joint project between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, and four small CubeSat rideshare payloads.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base
NASA and United Launch Alliance launched the Landsat 9 satellite aboard an Atlas 5 rocket Monday at 11:12 a.m. PDT (2:12 p.m. EDT; 1812 GMT) from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The new satellite, developed in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, will extend an unbroken nearly 50-year record of environmental images.
VideoVideo: Inspiration4 booster returns to SpaceX hangar for refurbishment
The Falcon 9 rocket used last week to launch the all-civilian Inspiration4 crew into space has returned to a SpaceX hangar at Kennedy Space Center for refurbishment ahead of a future mission.
VideoNASA completes swing arm test on SLS launch platform
The swing arms on the mobile launch tower for NASA's Space Launch System released and retracted Sunday night inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, another key test on the march toward liftoff of the Artemis 1 moon mission.
VideoLive coverage: Inspiration4 crew splashes down off Florida coast
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the first all-private, non-government crew to fly in low Earth orbit re-entered the atmosphere and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral at 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT) Saturday. The return to Earth closed out a three-day mission in space for the Inspiration4 crew.
VideoInspiration4 crew describes “incredible perspective” from space
On their final full day in space Friday, the all-civilian Inspiration4 crew circling Earth inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule chatted with Tom Cruise, rang the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange, and downlinked a live video update showing views outside their cupola dome window.
VideoLive coverage: Chinese astronauts return to Earth
Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth in their Shenzhou 12 capsule to conclude a three-month expedition on China's Tiangong space station. Landing in China's remote Gobi Desert occurred around 1:34 a.m. EDT (0534 GMT) Friday.