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Station crew relocates Soyuz spaceship to new Russian module
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into their Soyuz ferry ship Tuesday at the International Space Station and moved the craft to a new docking port on Russia's Nauka lab module that arrived at the complex in July.
Spacewalking astronauts continue solar array upgrade work
Three days after a Russian spacewalk, Japanese space station commander Akihiko Hoshide and Frenchman Thomas Pesquet floated outside for their own excursion Sunday, building a support fixture for a roll-out solar array blanket that will be attached later.
Russian spacewalkers begin outfitting new lab module
Two Russian spacewalkers connected a new laboratory module to the International Space Station's power grid Friday, routing and plugging in eight cables to tap into electricity generated by NASA's solar power system.
Dragon supply freighter docks at space station with 2.4 tons of cargo
Closing out a 31-hour flight from a launch pad in Florida, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule autonomously docked with the International Space Station Monday, delivering experiments, supplies, and fresh food to the complex.
Storms force scrub of SpaceX launch to resupply space station
Thunderstorms moving onshore at Cape Canaveral prevented SpaceX from launching a Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday, forcing a one-day delay to the start of the company's 23rd resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Space station spacewalk postponed by astronaut medical issue
A planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station Tuesday was postponed after NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei was diagnosed with a pinched nerve, which NASA described as a "minor medical issue."
VideoPhotos: Antares launches on Northrop Grumman’s 16th space station cargo flight
These images show the liftoff of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket on Aug. 10 from Wallops Island, Virginia, kicking off an unpiloted resupply mission carrying more than 8,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station.
Boeing opts to haul Starliner back to hangar, delays flight indefinitely
Around-the-clock work to fix valve problems that derailed an Aug. 3 attempt to launch Boeing's Starliner crew capsule on an unpiloted test flight was called off Friday, delaying another try until after NASA launches a higher-priority asteroid probe in mid-October.
Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station with four tons of cargo
Closing out a 36-hour flight from a launch pad in Virginia, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station Thursday with a host of biomedical experiments, supplies for a 3D printing tech demo, fresh food, and spare parts.
Boeing continues Starliner valve troubleshooting
Boeing engineers at Cape Canaveral continue troubleshooting stuck valves in the propulsion system of the company's Starliner crew capsule in hopes of resolving the problem -- and understanding what caused it -- in time to take off on an unpiloted test flight before the current launch window closes later this month.