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VideoLive coverage: SpaceX cargo ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Two days after launching from Cape Canaveral with nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments, an automated SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approached the International Space Station Monday. The Dragon supply ship was grappled by the station's robotic arm at 7:01 a.m. EDT (1101 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: NASA replaces failed power distribution unit on space station
Flight controllers at NASA's mission control center in Houston have completed the robotic swap out of a failed power distribution unit outside the International Space Station, clearing a hurdle ahead of Friday's predawn launch from Cape Canaveral of a SpaceX supply ship.
VideoCarbon-monitoring instrument poised for launch to International Space Station
A $110 million NASA science instrument twice targeted for cancellation by the Trump administration is set for launch Tuesday inside the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule for delivery to the International Space Station, where it will spend three years charting changing carbon dioxide concentrations in Earth's atmosphere.
VideoInSight lander detects first likely ‘quake’ on Mars
Sensors delivered to Mars by NASA’s InSight lander have detected the first signals suggesting seismic activity on the red planet, a major discovery that extends the field of seismology to a new world beyond the Earth and the moon.
VideoLive coverage: Cygnus supply ship arrives at International Space Station
A day-and-a-half after launching from Virginia aboard an Antares rocket, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship loaded with nearly 7,600 pounds of experiments and provisions arrived at the International Space Station on Friday. Astronaut Anne McClain captured the Cygnus spacecraft with the space station's Canadian-built robotic arm at 5:28 a.m. EDT (0928 GMT).
VideoStricken with fuel leak, Intelsat 29e seen drifting in geostationary orbit
A Boeing-built Intelsat communications satellite launched three years ago is drifting in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator after suffering a fuel leak and releasing debris fragments last week, according to an analysis by space surveillance experts.
VideoLive coverage: Israel’s Beresheet lander lost during descent to the moon
The privately-funded, Israeli-built Beresheet spacecraft failed Thursday during its historic attempt to land on the moon, seeking to become the first mission to reach the lunar surface without significant government backing. The landing was expected to occur at 1925 GMT (3:25 p.m. EDT).
VideoPrivately-funded Israeli probe set for daring moon landing attempt
An Israeli-built spacecraft financed through donations from billionaire philanthropists is set to make history Thursday when it tries to become the first privately-funded probe to land on the moon.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon Heavy launches, three boosters land safely
SpaceX's second Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Thursday with the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. The world's most powerful operational launcher lifted off from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT), and its three first stage boosters landed less than 10 minutes later -- two back at Cape Canaveral and one on a drone ship at sea.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX scrubs Falcon Heavy launch, set to try again Thursday
SpaceX called off a launch attempt Wednesday for the company's second Falcon Heavy rocket after high winds aloft posed a problem during the countdown. Another launch opportunity is available Thursday with a window opening at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT) from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After the Falcon Heavy takes off with the Arabsat 6A communications satellite, the launcher's two side boosters will return to a landing at Cape Canaveral, while the center core will aim for touchdown on a drone ship at sea.