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VideoFalcon Heavy rocket hangar rises at launch pad 39A
SpaceX began erecting a new hangar at a former space shuttle launch pad in Florida last week, moving the historic facility closer to launching astronauts again.
VideoPhotos: Russian supply ship blasts off from Kazakhstan
Russia's Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later. See photos of the supply ship's launch.
VideoVideo: Progress launches and docks
The Russian Progress 58P cargo freighter launches and six hours later docks to the International Space Station.
VideoProgress cargo mission ready for launch to space station
A Russian Progress supply ship packed with 3.1 tons of cargo and propellant to refuel the International Space Station is set for liftoff Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
VideoVideo: Time lapse of ATV’s final departure from ISS
This time lapse video shows Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle backing away from the International Space Station for the last time Saturday.
VideoVideo: SpaceX Dragon departs space station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is released from the International Space Station's robotic arm to fly home Tuesday.
VideoSpaceX plans a busy day Tuesday
Tuesday is shaping up to be a busy day for SpaceX, with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a space weather satellite, an experimental booster flyback maneuver to test reusable launch technologies, and the splashdown of a Dragon capsule returning from the International Space Station.
VideoFalcon 9 countdown halted by faulty radar tracker
A problem with a U.S. Air Force tracking radar kept a Falcon 9 rocket crowned with a NOAA space weather observatory grounded Sunday, forcing a long-delayed mission to stay on Earth an extra day.
VideoStoried space weather observatory finally ready for launch
The world's most distant weather outpost is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launching to a point a million miles from Earth to warn forecasters of solar storms that could disrupt global air traffic, satellite navigation and power grids.
VideoVideo: CATS out of the bag
The CATS payload launched to the International Space Station aboard the most recent SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was installed onto the exterior of the lab complex this week.