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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.
Antares rocket’s return-to-flight slips to August
The first launch of Orbital ATK's redesigned Antares rocket since an engine failure doomed a mission in 2014 will likely be delayed more than one month until August to complete analysis of data acquired during a first stage hotfire test, officials said.
One last task for doomed cargo ship
With one last task to carry out, a space station Cygnus cargo ship loaded with trash and no-longer-needed equipment fell back to Earth Wednesday, hitting the discernible atmosphere 60 miles or so above the Pacific Ocean at nearly 5 miles per second.
Photos: Soyuz crew capsule parachutes to landing in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a three-man crew parachuted to the flat grasslands of Kazakhstan on Saturday, returning home from the International Space Station with cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and British flight engineer Tim Peake.
Soyuz spacecraft brings home three-man station crew
A Russian cosmonaut, a NASA astronaut and a British flier strapped into a Soyuz spacecraft, undocked from International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Saturday, safely landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a 186-day mission.
Live coverage: Space station crew concludes 186 days in orbit
Veteran Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko, outgoing space station skipper Tim Kopra and British astronaut Tim Peake departed the International Space Station early Saturday aboard the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule and landed in Kazakhstan at 0915 GMT (5:15 a.m. EDT).
Three station fliers set for Saturday return to Earth
Three space station crew members made final preparations Friday for undocking and landing in Kazakhstan early Saturday to close out a 186-day stay in orbit.
Atlas 5 rocket gains approval to launch again after issue on last flight diagnosed
United Launch Alliance has granted "flight clearance" for its workhorse Atlas 5 rocket to resume satellite deployments after linking an errant valve with the fuel usage crunch on its most recent mission and tweaking subsequent vehicles.
Cygnus leaves space station and conducts NASA fire experiment in microgravity
Bidding farewell to the International Space Station today, the commercial Cygnus cargo ship separated to a safe distance before igniting an intentional fire in microgravity like never before, all in the name of science.