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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship departs space station
A commercial Cygnus supply ship from Northrop Grumman departed the International Space Station Tuesday, completing a four-month stay after delivering more than 8,000 pounds of cargo and boosting the research lab into a slightly higher orbit. The Cygnus spacecraft was expected to deploy a CubeSat before heading for a destructive re-entry.
NASA to purchase five more Dragon crew missions from SpaceX
NASA says it plans to buy five more crew rotation missions on SpaceX's fleet of Dragon spaceships, bringing SpaceX's contract with the space agency to 14 operational astronaut launches, likely enough to keep the International Space Station staffed through 2030.
SpaceX cargo mission grounded to investigate possible fuel leak
SpaceX has postponed this week's planned launch of a Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station to investigate a possible leak detected during fueling of the spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, pushing the flight until no earlier than late June.
Russian Soyuz rocket launches with space station cargo freighter
Russia's Progress MS-20 cargo freighter launched Friday on a fast-track, three-and-a-half hour rendezvous with the International Space Station to deliver around three tons of fuel, food, and supplies for the lab's seven-person crew.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lands in New Mexico after successful test flight
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft parachuted to a "picture perfect" landing in southern New Mexico Wednesday, capping a six-day test flight to the International Space Station that NASA's commercial crew program manager said paves the way for the next Starliner mission to carry astronauts.
VideoLive coverage: Boeing’s Starliner capsule returns to Earth
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule closed out a six-day unpiloted test flight Wednesday with undocking from the International Space Station, followed by return to Earth about four hours later. Undocking occurred at 2:36 p.m. EDT (1836 GMT), and the capsule parachuted to a successful landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 6:49 p.m. EDT (4:49 p.m. MDT; 2249 GMT).
Starliner spacecraft cleared for undocking and re-entry
Astronauts on the International Space Station closed the hatch to Boeing's Starliner spacecraft Tuesday, and ground teams used the lab's robotic arm to inspect the capsule's heat shield to clear the test vehicle for undocking Wednesday and return to Earth for a late afternoon landing in New Mexico.
Space station astronauts check out Starliner crew capsule
Astronauts on the International Space Station floated into Boeing's Starliner capsule Saturday, becoming the first people to enter the spacecraft in orbit less than a day after it docked at the orbiting research complex for the first time. The station astronauts will spend several days performing tests and unpacking cargo inside the Starliner spacecraft before it departs and returns to Earth on Wednesday.
Boeing’s Starliner capsule completes first “nail-biting” docking at space station
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule finally reached the International Space Station Friday night with a "nail-biting" rendezvous and docking, overcoming several technical glitches to accomplish a long-awaited objective for the spacecraft before NASA clears it to ferry astronauts to the research complex.
Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule takes off on long-awaited test flight
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft thundered into orbit Thursday from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, aiming to dock at the International Space Station on a years-late test flight to prove the capsule's systems before flying astronauts.