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Spending Christmas in space
A Christmas Eve reading from the book of Genesis by the Apollo 8 astronauts -- commander Frank Borman, lunar module pilot Bill Anders and command module pilot Jim Lovell -- from lunar orbit in 1968.
SpaceX’s first crew launch moved back to 2018
Astronauts will not fly to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship until at least May 2018, NASA said this week, missing a previous target launch date at the end of next year.
Japanese HTV makes battery delivery to International Space Station
Four days after a picture-perfect blastoff from southern Japan, a cargo-carrying supply freighter arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday with 4.5 tons of equipment, food, clothing and experiments.
Japan’s HTV supply ship blasts off for space station
A Japanese H-2B rocket launched toward the International Space Station on Friday with a fresh set of high-power batteries, critical parts for the research lab's carbon dioxide scrubber, and several tons of food, water and provisions.
Timeline of the H-2B rocket’s launch of the Kounotori 6 supply ship
Japan's Kounotori 6 cargo carrier will get a 15-minute boost from a powerful H-2B rocket to send the supply ship and its 4.5 tons of provisions and experiments on a four-day pursuit of the International Space Station.
Flight history of Japan’s HTV resupply spacecraft
Japan’s H-2 Transfer Vehicle has accomplished five flights to the International Space Station, delivering tons of food, clothing and crew provisions, instruments to look at ozone chemistry and investigate dark matter, and critical hardware to keep the research complex operating.
Live coverage: Japanese HTV resupply freighter captured by station robotic arm
Japan's sixth automated logistics vehicle packed with 4.5 tons of supplies approached the International Space Station for a laser-guided rendezvous, culminating with grapple of the HTV cargo craft by the station's robotic arm at 1037 GMT (5:37 a.m. EST) Tuesday.
Photos: H-2B rocket emerges for rollout to launch pad at daybreak
A Japanese resupply freighter and its H-2B rocket booster rolled out of the vehicle assembly building at the Tanegashima Space Center just before sunrise Friday for the half-hour trip to the launch pad.
Japanese cargo carrier set for launch Friday
Japan's sixth HTV supply ship is slated to depart a picturesque spaceport on Tanegashima Island on Friday to start a four-day pursuit of the International Space Station with a cache of experiments, supplies and six lithium-ion batteries to begin overhauling the orbiting lab's vast electrical system.
VideoRussian space station cargo freighter lost on launch
Russian mission control said Thursday an unpiloted Progress space station supply ship carrying nearly 5,400 pounds of rocket fuel, food, water and a new spacesuit burned up in Earth's atmosphere shortly after it blasted off from Kazakhstan, and evidence points to a problem with the third stage of the cargo carrier's Soyuz booster.