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VideoLive coverage: Space station crew members take cover from space debris
The seven astronauts and cosmonauts living on the International Space Station took refuge Monday morning inside their Dragon and Soyuz ferry ships after a space debris field threatened to pass near the outpost.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX crew capsule docks at International Space Station
SpaceX's third operational crew mission to the International Space Station launched at 9:03 p.m. EST Wednesday (0203 GMT Thursday) on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and Matthias Maurer took off to begin a nearly six-month expedition on the International Space Station, where they docked at 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 GMT) Thursday.
VideoLive coverage: Dragon crew capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
Four astronauts departed the International Space Station Monday after nearly 200 days in orbit, heading for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico in SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. The capsule undocked from the station at 2:05 p.m. EST (1905 GMT), and splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 10:33 p.m. EST (0333 GMT).
VideoTom Marshburn brings extensive spaceflight experience to Crew-3 mission
NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, a medical doctor and veteran of launches on the space shuttle and Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, joins three rookie space fliers on SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Endurance" poised for liftoff on mission to the International Space Station.
VideoKayla Barron, a pioneering submarine officer, is ready for her first flight to space
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron was one of the first women to serve as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. Now she’s ready to apply her experience under the waves to a flight above the atmosphere on the International Space Station.
VideoSpaceX test-fires crew rocket as teams monitor downrange abort zone weather
SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center early Thursday, checking off another box on the pre-flight checklist before liftoff Sunday with a four-person crew heading for the International Space Station. But a weather forecast shows a high risk that winds or waves int the Atlantic Ocean could force a launch delay.
VideoMatthias Maurer talks science and spacewalks on the space station
Matthias Maurer's last name in German means brick layer. Naturally, Maurer says, that means he has been assigned to perform an experiment with concrete during his six-month stint on the International Space Station.
VideoLive coverage: Crew Dragon cleared for Wednesday launch
NASA and SpaceX managers have given a 'go' for the launch of four astronauts aboard a Crew Dragon to the space station at 9:03 p.m. EST Wednesday (0203 GMT Thursday).
VideoLive coverage: Russian actress, film director, cosmonaut back on Earth
Closing out a nearly 12-day high-flying film shoot on the final frontier, Russian actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko returned to Earth Sunday with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy. The crew's Soyuz spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan at 12:35 a.m. EDT (0435 GMT), following an undocking from the International Space Station three hours earlier.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz docks at space station with Russian film crew
A Russian actress and film director rode into orbit Tuesday alongside a veteran Russian cosmonaut, taking aim on the International Space Station to shoot scenes for a feature-length movie. The three-person crew blasted off on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) Tuesday. Docking occurred at 8:22 a.m. EDT (1222 GMT).