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Cygnus supply ship takes weather satellite’s slot in Atlas manifest
Orbital ATK plans to launch its next two commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station on Atlas 5 rockets, grabbing a launch slot in March after a next-generation U.S. weather satellite was delayed, industry officials said.
Space Station Live: October 7, 2015
A video update from mission control Houston on activities aboard the International Space Station. (Membership required)
Workers complete $15 million in repairs to Antares launch pad
Repair crews in Virginia have restored the Antares booster's launch pad -- damaged in an explosive rocket crash nearly one year ago -- to flight-ready status as the Orbital ATK launcher moves toward a return-to-flight in 2016.
Hurricane Joaquin eyed from space station
Astronauts on the International Space Station spied powerful Hurricane Joaquin spinning in the Bahamas in a spectacular photo showing the eye of the storm Friday.
Russian resupply vessel blasts off from Kazakhstan
A Progress supply craft loaded with 3.1 tons of cargo lifted off Thursday from Kazakhstan, launching on a six-hour pursuit of the International Space Station culminating with a smooth docking to the research lab's aft port.
HTV supply ship sets course for re-entry
Heading for a destructive re-entry over the South Pacific with several tons of trash, Japan's fifth HTV cargo craft departed the International Space Station on Monday after overcoming a last-minute snag in the lab's robotics system.
Live coverage: Japanese cargo craft departs International Space Station
Live coverage of the departure of a Japanese cargo craft from the International Space Station. The fifth HTV cargo freighter delivered a 9,500-pound package of food, spare parts and experiments.
Planet Labs takes rash of launch failures in stride
No one had ever lost 26 satellites at once until a launch failure bit Planet Labs last year, temporarily setting back the San Francisco startup's ambition to map the globe every day.
Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan
Three space station crew members -- two short timers completing a 10-day flight and a veteran cosmonaut who has logged a world record 879 days aloft over five missions -- undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth Friday, landing safely on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a problem-free flight.
VideoStation crew recommends “The Martian” in plug from space
Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott Kelly are big fans of Andy Weir's book "The Martian," adding they're hopeful NASA will beam up a copy of the Ridley Scott movie as soon as it's released.