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Astronauts complete spacewalk for space station maintenance and upgrades
Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and installed refurbished ammonia jumpers in the lab's cooling system to bring it back up to full efficiency, replaced a high-definition camera and made power and data connections on a European experiment platform.
Soyuz carries three cosmonauts to station as Nelson touts cooperation
Three cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday, caught up with the International Space Station after a two-orbit rendezvous and moved in for docking at a newly arrived Russian module. The cosmonauts are replacing three crew members -- two Russians and an American -- who are heading home at the end of the month to close out a record-setting flight.
VideoLive coverage: Russian cosmonauts launch on Soyuz rocket
An all-Russian crew of three cosmonauts launched Friday at 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading to orbit on a Soyuz rocket to begin a six-and-a-half month expedition on the International Space Station. The trio docked with the space station at 3:12 p.m. EDT (1912 GMT).
Three-man Russian crew ready for launch to International Space Station
Three cosmonauts set to kick off a six-and-a-half month expedition in orbit will launch Friday on Russia's first mission to the International Space Station since the country's invasion of Ukraine.
Astronauts prep for new solar arrays on nearly seven-hour spacewalk
Astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari floated out of the International Space Station airlock for a spacewalk Tuesday, installing brackets and struts to support new solar arrays to upgrade the research lab's power system on the same day that crewmate Mark Vande Hei marked his 341st day in orbit, a U.S. record for a single spaceflight.
Boeing Starliner test flight next on ULA’s launch schedule
The U.S. Space Force has postponed a multi-spacecraft mission that was booked to fly on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in April, moving a redo of a test flight for Boeing's Starliner crew capsule to the front of the line on ULA's launch schedule.
War of words between Russian space chief and retired astronaut
Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a U.S.-record 340 days aboard the International Space Station, has taken to Twitter to pass along "real" news to his 5 million followers, many of them in Russia, about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In the process, a war of words has broken out between the astronaut and Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
NASA official says U.S.-Russian partnership continues on space station
Kathy Lueders, head of NASA's human spaceflight operations division, said Monday that joint activities on the International Space Station are continuing amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, including preparations for the return of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft March 30.
Northrop Grumman delivers cargo and new reboost capability to space station
A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter from Northrop Grumman arrived at the International Space Station Monday, delivering more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and a new U.S. capability to reboost the altitude of the complex independent of Russian rocket thrusters.
Antares rocket launch kicks off space station resupply mission
Northrop Grumman launched a cargo flight from Virginia's Eastern Shore Saturday using an Antares booster with a first stage designed and built in Ukraine, a successful start for a mission to deliver food, experiments, and supplies to the seven-person crew on the International Space Station.