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VideoAstronauts return to US side of space station after leak scare
Concern about a possible ammonia coolant leak Wednesday prompted astronauts on the International Space Station to evacuate the U.S. segment of the complex and shelter in the Russian portion of the outpost while flight controllers scrambled to untangle initially confusing telemetry.
VideoVideo: Dragon arrives at space station
The cargo-carrying SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station and is grappled by Canadarm2 to complete a two-day journey since launch.
VideoVideo: Saturday’s SpaceX launch
Watch the NASA Television live coverage of Saturday's predawn Falcon 9 launch that delivered the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.
VideoVideo: SpaceX launch and landing preview briefing
NASA, SpaceX and United States Air Force officials hold the pre-launch news conference for the CRS-5 flight on Jan. 5.
Video2014’s top stories in spaceflight
The year ended with a deluge of big news, reminding us of the risks of spaceflight and the thin margins between success and failure on the final frontier. 2014 was also a year of breakthroughs in the exploration of the solar system and the future of human spaceflight.
VideoThanksgiving in space
Six people living on the International Space Station shared an out-of-this-world Thanksgiving dinner in orbit.
VideoVIDEO: Expedition 42 news conference on eve of launch
Terry Virts of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and their backups hold a news conference on the eve of launch.
VideoSoyuz ferry craft moved to launch pad
Riding a specialized railroad car before dawn Friday, a Soyuz rocket rolled out of a cavernous assembly building and arrived at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for liftoff Sunday with American, Russian and Italian crew members heading for the International Space Station.
VideoVIDEO: Expedition 42-43 mission preview
AN overview of Expeditions 42-43 aboard the International Space Station.
VideoVideo: Soyuz launcher ready for rollout
Inside the final assembly building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is mated to the core of the Soyuz booster rocket for Sunday's Expedition 42 launch to the International Space Station.