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Live coverage: New crew arrives at International Space Station
Two days after blasting off from Kazakhstan, three new crew members docked with the International Space Station early Saturday to begin nearly four months of scientific experiments and maintenance on the orbiting research outpost. The Soyuz spacecraft linked up with the space station's Rassvet module at 12:06 a.m. EDT (0406 GMT).
VideoPhotos: Soyuz rocket goes vertical for launch of next station crew
A Soyuz rocket is standing on the launch pad in Kazakhstan used on Yuri Gagarin's historic first human spaceflight in 1961, ready to send three people toward the International Space Station.
Upgraded Soyuz prepped to carry three to space station
A veteran cosmonaut, a former Japanese 767 airline pilot and a NASA astronaut with a Ph.D. in cancer biology are making final preparations for launch July 6 on a two-day flight to the International Space Station. It will be the first flight in an upgraded Soyuz ferry craft with improved, more redundant navigation, communications and computer equipment.
VideoSee Jupiter’s Galilean moons in motion from Juno’s camera
Juno's visible camera had a bird's-eye view of Jupiter's four largest moons over the last few weeks, recording the satellites in their orbital ballet around the giant planet as the spacecraft approached from above Jupiter's north pole.
Juno spacecraft braves the unknown at Jupiter to enter orbit
Setting up post at the king of planets, NASA's Juno spacecraft fired its main engine for 35 minutes Monday, steering into orbit around Jupiter to peer inside the gas giant and give scientists a better idea of how the solar system took shape 4.6 billion years ago.
Scientists on edge awaiting Juno’s perilous encounter with Jupiter
Speeding toward Jupiter at nearly 40 miles per second, NASA's Juno spacecraft must brave a field of computer-zapping radiation and Jupiter's tenuous ring of ice and dust particles when it brakes into orbit around the giant planet Monday.
Live coverage: NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrives at Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft barreled toward a Fourth of July rendezvous with Jupiter after a 1.7-billion-mile, five-year trip from planet Earth. The research probe's main engine ignited for 35 minutes to maneuver Juno into orbit, and engineers received confirmation of the burn's conclusion on time at 11:53 p.m. EDT Monday (0353 GMT Tuesday).
NASA’s Juno mission is about to peel back the layers on Jupiter
Whether you're a casual stargazer or armed with a toolkit of observing gadgets, chances are you have caught a glimpse of Jupiter this year beckoning as one of the brightest objects in the night sky. It's about to get its first visitor in nearly a decade, when NASA's Juno spacecraft rockets into orbit Monday.
Video: When Juno launched to begin 5-year trek to Jupiter
Juno left the Earth atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Aug. 5, 2011, beginning its journey to Jupiter atop the most powerful Atlas variant with five side-mounted boosters. It arrives at the gas giant on Monday.
Pluto probe’s extended mission approved, but new Dawn destination denied
NASA managers formally approved the New Horizons mission another speedy encounter with an object at the frontier of the solar system, but denied a request from scientists to redirect the Dawn spacecraft to visit a third destination in the asteroid belt, opting to keep it in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, officials said Friday.