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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: Rocket Lab launches return-to-flight mission
Rocket Lab's first mission since a launch failure in May blasted off from New Zealand at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT) Thursday. The company's Electron rocket launched the small Monolith tech demo satellite for the U.S. military.
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.
VideoLive coverage: Russia launches new space station science module
A long-delayed Russian science module and European robotic arm launched toward the International Space Station at 10:58 a.m. EDT (1458 GMT) Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton rocket successfully powered the Nauka science lab into orbit in pursuit of the space station.
VideoLive coverage: Blue Origin launches its first crew flight to edge of space
Blue Origin launched first crew mission aboard a New Shepard rocket at 8:11 a.m. CDT (9:11 a.m. EDT; 1311 GMT) Tuesday from the company's privately-owned spaceport north of Van Horn, Texas. Billionaire Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin's founder, joined his brother Mark Bezos, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Dutch student Oliver Daemen for the successful 10-minute flight to suborbital space.
VideoNew SpaceX drone ship arrives at Port Canaveral
A new SpaceX drone ship named “A Shortfall of Gravitas” was towed into Port Canaveral Thursday, completing a shuffling of SpaceX’s rocket landing platforms to support upcoming launches from Florida and California.
VideoLive coverage: Richard Branson flies to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocketplane
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and five crewmates flew to the edge of space over New Mexico Sunday, riding the company's VSS Unity rocketplane to an altitude of more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) after a high-altitude release from a carrier aircraft. The rocketplane safely landed back at Spaceport America.
VideoLive coverage: Dragon cargo ship departs space station
A SpaceX cargo ship that delivered upgraded solar arrays to the International Space Station last month departed the orbiting outpost Thursday to begin the trip back to Earth. Undocking occurred at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT) Thursday, setting up for a re-entry and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico Friday at 11:29 p.m. EDT (0329 GMT Saturday).
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz launches 36 more OneWeb internet satellites
Another 36 satellites for OneWeb's global space-based internet network have launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia. A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off at 8:48:33 a.m. EDT (1248:33 GMT) Thursday to begin a nearly four-hour mission delivering the 36 OneWeb satellites to orbit.
VideoLive coverage: Virgin’s small satellite launcher streaks into orbit
Virgin Orbit performed its first operational launch Wednesday, when the company's Boeing 747 carrier aircraft released a liquid-fueled LauncherOne rocket over the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles to fire into orbit with seven CubeSats for the U.S. military, the Dutch military, and the Polish company SatRevolution. Release of the rocket occurred at approximately 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 a.m. PDT; 1447 GMT).