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VideoSoyuz ferry craft moved to launch pad
Riding a specialized railroad car before dawn Friday, a Soyuz rocket rolled out of a cavernous assembly building and arrived at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for liftoff Sunday with American, Russian and Italian crew members heading for the International Space Station.
VideoVIDEO: Expedition 42-43 mission preview
AN overview of Expeditions 42-43 aboard the International Space Station.
VideoVideo: Soyuz launcher ready for rollout
Inside the final assembly building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is mated to the core of the Soyuz booster rocket for Sunday's Expedition 42 launch to the International Space Station.
VideoVideo: Space station Expedition 42 fit check
The next Expedition 42 trio waiting to join the International Space Station crew conducted final Sokol launch and entry suit fit checks at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
VideoVideo: Reid’s “awesome” ride in Soyuz
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman speaks soon after his return to Earth after 165 days living aboard the International Space Station, describing his landing inside the Russian Soyuz capsule.
VideoSoyuz lands in Kazakhstan with station crew
A veteran cosmonaut, a German volcanologist and a Navy test pilot-turned-astronaut undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth, descending through low clouds to a jarring touchdown on the frigid steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a 165-day stay in orbit.
VideoReporters run for cover as Antares rocket explodes
An Antares rocket explodes at Wallops Island moments after launch sending reporters and photographers at the press site running for cover.