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VideoEurope’s new Mars orbiter gives first taste of science data
A first look at the red planet from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, now in its second month at Mars, gave scientists a sample of the three-dimensional imagery and detailed atmospheric measurements expected over the spacecraft's five-year mission.
VideoRussian Progress cargo capsule arrives at launch pad
Russia's next Progress cargo freighter rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan on Tuesday in a final move before blasting off Thursday at the tip of a Soyuz rocket to resupply and refuel the International Space Station.
VideoCargo ship-turned-research lab ends mission with re-entry
In the week since it departed the International Space Station to wrap up a successful cargo delivery mission, Orbital ATK's Cygnus supply ship hosted a combustion research experiment, deployed four small satellites for a San Francisco-based startup, then descended into Earth's atmosphere Sunday for a destructive re-entry.
VideoCygnus cargo freighter leaves station, but its mission is not over
A commercial Cygnus supply ship left the International Space Station on Monday after delivering more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and experiments, ready to start a week of standalone operations to include a groundbreaking microgravity fire experiment and deployment of four commercial weather-monitoring CubeSats in orbit.
VideoSlow-motion replays and dramatic images from Thursday’s Ariane 5 flight
Don't miss riveting slow-motion video of Thursday's blastoff of four European navigation satellite satellites captured by high-speed cameras at the Ariane 5 rocket's jungle launch pad, plus dramatic up-close snapshots showing the launcher's climb into the sky on 2.9 million pounds of ground-shaking thrust.
VideoPhotos: Station crew suits up, blasts off on Soyuz rocket
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, French-born European Space Agency flight engineer Thomas Pesquet and veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson put on their Sokol spacesuits, boarded their Soyuz capsule and blasted into orbit Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Check out photos of their launch day activities.
VideoEurope’s satellite navigation fleet gets big boost from Ariane 5 rocket
Europe's Galileo navigation program turned to the workhorse Ariane 5 rocket for a heavy lift Thursday, delivering four new satellites to orbit on the launcher's 75th successful flight in a row and pushing the growing fleet closer to global coverage.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz crew capsule arrives at space station
Three new residents completed the final leg of their pursuit of the International Space Station, with docking to the complex at 2158 GMT (4:58 p.m. EST) Saturday, two days after blastoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz capsule carrying the U.S.-Russian-French crew linked up with the research lab's Rassvet module.
VideoEurope’s navigation network turns to Ariane 5 for heavy-lifting
Four satellites fastened to the top of an Ariane 5 rocket will grow Europe's space-based Galileo navigation network Thursday morning with a launch from the South American jungle.
VideoSoyuz crew launcher rolled out for liftoff from Kazakhstan
The Soyuz booster that will send the International Space Station's next three residents into orbit later this week rolled out of an integration hangar early Monday and rode a railroad car to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.