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Multinational crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations
Two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an Emirati flew to the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday to begin preparations for launch early Monday on a SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to replace four crew members aboard the International Space Station who are wrapping up a five-month stay.
Russia delays next Soyuz launch pending assessment of coolant leaks
Launch of a Russian Soyuz crew capsule to replace a damaged ferry ship docked at the International Space Station is being delayed in the wake of a second incident that resulted in similar damage to a Progress cargo ship, a senior official said Monday.
Russian cargo ship docks as second Progress suffers sudden loss of coolant
A Russian Progress supply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station early Saturday but in an unlikely, presumed coincidence, another Progress, docked at a different port, suffered a sudden loss of coolant similar to an incident that disabled a Soyuz crew ship in December.
Russians assess flight worthiness of damaged Soyuz docked at space station
Russian managers are assessing whether a damaged Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station can safely carry its three-man crew back to Earth in late March as planned or whether a replacement must be launched to take its place, officials said Monday.
Orion moonship closes in for Sunday re-entry and splashdown
Closing out a 25-day voyage around the moon, NASA's Artemis 1 spacecraft closed in on Earth Saturday, on track for a 25,000-mph re-entry Sunday that will subject the unpiloted capsule to a hellish 5,000-degree inferno before splashdown off Baja California.
Orion sails through halfway point of Artemis 1 moon mission
At the halfway point in NASA's Artemis 1 mission, the unpiloted Orion moonship is chalking up a near-flawless flight, mission managers said Monday, beaming back spectacular images of Earth disappearing from view as it was eclipsed by the moon.
NASA managers thrilled with initial results of Artemis moon mission
NASA's unpiloted Orion moonship, sailing smoothly toward a remote lunar orbit after a spectacular low-altitude flyby Monday, is operating in near-flawless fashion, mission managers reported Monday, out-performing expectations on a flight needed to pave the way toward the first piloted mission in 2024.
Orion capsule closes in for lunar flyby
Nearly five days after its sky-lighting launch, NASA's unpiloted Orion crew capsule closed in on the moon Sunday, on course for a critical rocket firing and lunar flyby Monday to whip the craft into a distant orbit. The goal is to pave the way toward a piloted flight around the moon in 2024.
NASA clears Artemis moon rocket for Wednesday launch
NASA managers Monday reviewed the threat posed by hurricane-damaged insulation on the agency's Artemis moon rocket and cleared the $4.1 billion booster for launch "as is" early Wednesday to kick off a long-delayed flight to boost an unpiloted Orion crew capsule around the moon and back.
Engineers assessing hurricane-damaged insulation before Artemis launch Wednesday
NASA managers cleared the agency's leak-bedeviled Artemis moon rocket for the start of another countdown early Monday, but engineers must resolve questions about hurricane-damaged insulation before the huge booster can be cleared for blastoff on an unpiloted moonshot.