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VideoLive coverage: SpaceX cargo ship docks at space station
SpaceX's Cargo Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station Monday for an automated docking to deliver more than 4,800 pounds (2.2 metric tons) of supplies and experiments. Docking with the space station's Harmony module is occurred at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).
VideoSpaceX test-fires rocket before space station cargo mission
On the cusp of ending a two-month SpaceX launch drought, ground crews raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical Wednesday on its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for an engine test-firing and final cargo loading before liftoff Saturday on a resupply flight to the International Space Station.
VideoBoeing’s Starliner spacecraft returns to processing facility for valve work
After valve problems caused it to miss an opportunity to launch earlier this month on a test flight to the International Space Station, Boeing's Starliner crew capsule returned to a processing facility at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday after being removed from its Atlas 5 launcher at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz rocket lifts off with 34 OneWeb satellites
The next batch of 34 satellites to continue building out OneWeb's global internet network is set for launch at 6:13 p.m. EDT (2213 GMT) Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz rocket. The launch was aborted less than a minute before liftoff Thursday.
VideoLive coverage: Vega rocket launches from French Guiana with five satellites
Airbus's Pléiades Neo 4 Earth observation satellite, three tech demo CubeSats sponsored by the European Space Agency, and a commercial nanosatellite owned by a French startup company launched at 9:47 p.m. EDT Monday (0147 GMT Tuesday) aboard a Vega rocket from French Guiana.
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.
VideoLive coverage: India’s GSLV Mk.2 fails during launch
An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ran into trouble minutes after lifting off at 8:13 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0013 GMT Thursday). A malfunction in the rocket's third stage caused the mission's failure, destroying a sharp-eyed Earth-imaging satellite.
VideoLive coverage: Northrop Grumman cargo ship arrives at space station
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station with more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. The space station's robotic arm captured the supply craft at 6:07 a.m. EDT (1007 GMT) Thursday.
VideoLive coverage: Launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft scrubbed
The planned liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft was scrubbed Tuesday. The unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station is a prerequisite for launching astronauts on the next Starliner mission. The next launch attempt is expected at 12:57 p.m. EDT (1657 GMT) Wednesday.
VideoLive coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches from French Guiana
An Ariane 5 rocket launched at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) from Kourou, French Guiana, on the first mission for Europe's heavy-lift launcher in nearly a year. The rocket successfully deployed two large communications satellites for Embratel and Eutelsat.