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VideoLive coverage: Space station crew back on Earth
Outgoing space station commander Randy Bresnik, joined by Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and European Space Agency flight engineer Paolo Nespoli, returned to Earth early Thursday after nearly five months in orbit. Their Soyuz MS-05 capsule undocked from the International Space Station at 12:14 a.m. EST (0514 GMT), and landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan at 3:37 a.m. EST (0837 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX cargo ship arrives at space station
Two days after lifting off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Complex 40 launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a commercial Dragon supply ship loaded with more than 4,800 pounds of supplies and experiments arrived Sunday at the International Space Station. Capture of the robotic cargo craft occurred at 5:57 a.m. EST (1057 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: Cygnus supply ship readied for station departure
After a 22-day stay at the International Space Station, an Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship is set for departure Wednesday en route to a higher orbit for release of 14 CubeSats for commercial weather monitoring and technology demonstrations. The robotic Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for release from the station's robotic arm at 8:10 a.m. EST (1310 GMT) Wednesday.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launch put on hold
SpaceX has postponed the launch of its next Falcon 9 rocket indefinitely. The rocket was originally scheduled take off Wednesday from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a top secret U.S. government payload named Zuma. A few minutes after launch, the Falcon 9's first stage will return for a landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
VideoLive coverage: Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station
Two days after blasting off from Virginia's Eastern Shore, Orbital ATK's Cygnus supply ship reached its destination Tuesday. The automated spacecraft packed with 3.7 tons of supplies and experiments was captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm at 5:04 a.m. EST (1004 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX conducts third Falcon 9 launch of the month
SpaceX launched a Korean communications satellite from Florida on Monday aboard the company's third Falcon 9 rocket flight of the month. Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center occurred at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT), and the Falcon 9's first stage landed on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean a few minutes later.
VideoVideo: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with joint satellite for SES, EchoStar
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast Wednesday evening with the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite, a video relay and data distribution platform jointly developed by SES and EchoStar.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX delivers joint SES/EchoStar satellite to orbit
Crowned with a European-built communications satellite designed to broadcast television over the Americas, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage booster lifted off Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A Wednesday at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT).
VideoRussian Progress supply ship poised for swift trip to space station
Russian ground crews are readying a robotic Progress cargo freighter for launch Thursday on an expedited trek to the International Space Station that should take less than three-and-a-half hours from liftoff to docking, cutting in half the normal transit time.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California, lands in Pacific
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 a.m. PDT (8:37 a.m. EDT; 1237 GMT) Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the third set of 10 new-generation satellites for Iridium's voice and data relay network. The Falcon 9's first stage booster successfully landed on a platform in the Pacific Ocean a few minutes after liftoff.