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Progress supply freighter docks with space station
Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station on autopilot Thursday with a fresh delivery of food, crew supplies, experiments, and CubeSats that will be released outside the complex on a future spacewalk.
SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth with spacesuit and science specimens
A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks, and research specimens for distribution to scientists around the world.
Spacewalking cosmonauts activate space station’s newest Russian module
Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov completed a 7-hour, 11-minute spacewalk Wednesday outside the International Space Station, preparing Russia's new Prichal module for the arrival of the next Soyuz crew spacecraft in March.
Experiments, holiday gifts delivered by SpaceX to International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule pulled into port at the International Space Station Wednesday, a day after launch from Florida's Space Coast with 3.2 tons of experiments, holiday gifts, and external instruments developed by NASA and the U.S. military to help improve hurricane forecasts.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches cargo mission to International Space Station
SpaceX launched a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station at 5:07 a.m. EST (1007 GMT) Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX’s final launch of the year set for early Tuesday, weather permitting
SpaceX's 31st and final Falcon 9 launch of the year is scheduled to take off early Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting, with a Dragon cargo ship carrying more than 6,500 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz brings home three-man crew
Two Japanese space tourists and a Russian cosmonaut have closed out a 12-day visit to the International Space Station. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano, and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin undocked from the station in their Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft at 6:50 p.m. EST (2350 GMT) Sunday, and touched down in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT).
VideoJapanese billionaire and assistant arrive at space station
A Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese billionaire and his production assistant rocketed into orbit Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station for an 12-day visit, the first by paying "space tourists" in more than a decade.
VideoLive coverage: Japanese space tourists launch aboard Russian rocket
Japanese space tourist Yusaku Maezawa, his assistant Yozo Hirano, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT) Wednesday on a Soyuz rocket to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz docked at the space station at 8:40 a.m. EST (1340 GMT).
VideoJapanese billionaire ready for launch to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz rocket is set for blastoff Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire businessman, his production assistant, and a veteran Russian cosmonaut commander on a 12-day trip to the International Space Station.