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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.
Seattle company buys big rocket for little satellites
Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has purchased a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch in 2017 with a mash-up of satellites in the first such commercial arrangement for a rideshare mission on a U.S. launcher, the company announced Wednesday.
Q&A with Curt Blake, president of Spaceflight Industries (members only)
Curt Blake, president of Spaceflight Industries, spoke with Spaceflight Now's Stephen Clark on Sept. 29 about the Seattle-based company's purchase of a dedicated rideshare mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and various trends and strategies in play in the small satellite launch market.
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.
VideoFirst static fire completed on upgraded Falcon 9
SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 booster powered up to full throttle in a brief ignition at the company's Central Texas test site this week as engineers prepare for the rocket's return to flight as soon as mid-November with a European communications satellite.
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.
‘Big three’ nab commercial launch contracts
SpaceX announced Monday two new Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket missions from Cape Canaveral, Arianespace said it cinched a contract to launch a Japanese TV broadcasting satellite, and International Launch Services revealed a deal to launch a Spanish telecommunications payload, ending a drought in commercial Proton launch orders.
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.