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VideoWatch a replay of Soyuz crew’s blastoff from Kazakhstan
Three crewmen from Russia, the United States and Great Britain blasted off toward the International Space Station on Tuesday, rocketing into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in pursuit of the orbiting research lab.
VideoPhotos: Crew transport rolled out at Baikonur
Tugged along a historic route leading to the launch pad where Yuri Gagarin took off 1961 to become the first person in space, a Soyuz rocket rolled out of its assembly hangar in Kazakhstan and stood up on its launch mount Sunday.
VideoReadiness confirmed for Thursday’s Atlas 5 cargo launch to space station
Mission managers Tuesday granted approval to proceed with Wednesday's rollout of the Atlas 5 rocket and Thursday's launch to deliver the commercial Cygnus cargo ship into orbit to resupply the International Space Station.
VideoOTD…Oct. 23 and STS-120
#OTD in 2007...Discovery launched Harmony as the gateway to future international science laboratories
VideoOTD…Oct. 7 and STS-112
#OTD in 2002...Atlantis launched the outward expansion of the space station's truss backbone
VideoOTD…Sept. 30 and STS-68
#OTD in 1994...Endeavour launched on the second Space Radar Laboratory mission
VideoOTD…Sept. 25 and STS-86
#OTD in 1997...Atlantis launched on the seventh joint docking mission with Russia's space station Mir
VideoStation crew recommends “The Martian” in plug from space
Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott Kelly are big fans of Andy Weir's book "The Martian," adding they're hopeful NASA will beam up a copy of the Ridley Scott movie as soon as it's released.