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Mixed results for spacewalkers after time lost dealing with difficult-to-loosen bolts
Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara worked outside the International Space Station Wednesday to replace a bearing assembly in one of the lab's solar array rotation mechanisms. But the task took longer than expected and they were unable to retrieve a failed electronics box as planned.
Spacewalking cosmonauts find radiator coolant leak
Two Russian spacewalkers floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and isolated a leaking radiator as planned, apparently causing residual coolant still trapped inside to make its way to the leak site and spew out into space.
Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan to end record-breaking mission; Rubio: “It’s good to be home”
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth early Wednesday, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out an unexpected yearlong stay in space, the longest single flight in U.S. space history.
Two cosmonauts, NASA astronaut head for Wednesday landing after yearlong mission
Outgoing space station commander Sergei Prokopyev and his two Soyuz crewmates, co-pilot Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, packed up Tuesday for a fiery plunge back to Earth early Wednesday to close out a yearlong stay in orbit, the longest flight in U.S. space history.
Russian cosmonauts make spacewalk at International Space Station
A cosmonaut took a test ride on the end of a European robot arm during a six-hour 35-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday amid work to install three micrometeoroid debris shields and relocate a work platform.
Cygnus cargo ship berthed at space station
An unpiloted Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship carrying four tons of supplies and equipment caught up with the International Space Station early Friday to wrap up a smooth two-and-a-half-day rendezvous.
Cargo Dragon docks at space station
Closing out an automated 18-hour rendezvous, a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship loaded with 7,000 pounds of supplies and equipment, including two add-on roll-out solar blankets, caught up with the International Space Station early Tuesday and moved in for a problem-free docking.
Private astronauts splash down to close out 9-day commercial research mission
America's most experienced space flier and her three private astronaut crewmates undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth late Tuesday, blazing through the night sky like a fiery shooting star before splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.
Whitson says commercial station visit critical to private-sector space ops
America's most experienced astronaut says her fully commercial visit to the International Space Station this week is a critical stepping stone on the road to space tourism, private-sector orbital research and development of commercially operated space stations.
Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk to relocate experiment airlock
Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday, unbolted an experiment airlock from the Rassvet docking compartment and then connected it to Russia's Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module in a 7-hour, 11-minute excursion.