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Sierra Nevada proposes all-in-one solution for ISS resupply
Leveraging progress made to build a human-rated space plane for NASA's commercial crew program, Sierra Nevada Corp. said this week it has offered a cargo-carrying version of the Dream Chaser spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station beginning in 2018.
Photos: Soyuz landing craft touches down in wintry Kazakhstan
A three-member space crew returned to Earth just after sunrise Thursday in Kazakhstan, descending through a sun-splashed sky under an orange and white parachute before dipping through fog for a rocket-cushioned touchdown on the snowy steppes of Central Asia.
Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan, returning international crew home
Three space station fliers -- the outgoing NASA commander and two Russian cosmonauts -- undocked and returned to Earth Wednesday, ending a 167-day stay in space with a communications blackout that left the crew out of contact with flight controllers during much of the trip home.
Live coverage: Space station crew back on Earth
Three crew members departed the International Space Station on Wednesday and descended back to Earth, touching down in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz TMA-14M capsule at 10:08 p.m. EDT (0208 GMT Thursday).
VideoSpace station crew ready to close out 167-day mission
Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. Navy test pilot will buckle into custom-molded seats inside a Soyuz spaceship Wednesday, undock from the International Space Station and head for a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 167-day space voyage.
NASA orders missions to resupply space station in 2017
NASA has ordered four additional launches to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in 2017 -- three from SpaceX and one from Orbital ATK -- to cover the research lab's logistics needs until a new set of resupply contracts take effect.
Astronauts install antennas for commercial crew capsules
Astronauts Terry Virts and space station commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore ventured back outside Sunday for their third spacewalk in eight days to complete initial preparations for upcoming dockings by commercially developed Boeing and SpaceX crew ferry ships.
NASA approves Sunday spacewalk
International Space Station managers Friday cleared astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Terry Virts to proceed with a third spacewalk Sunday, as originally planned, after concluding a small amount of water in Virts' space helmet after an EVA Wednesday was an understood condition and not a threat to crew safety.
Successful spacewalk ends with water leak
Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Terry Virts floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday for the second of three spacewalks to help ready the complex for dockings by commercial crew capsules. Back inside the station's airlock, Virts reported a small amount of water in his space helmet, but officials said he was not in any danger.
VideoFalcon Heavy rocket hangar rises at launch pad 39A
SpaceX began erecting a new hangar at a former space shuttle launch pad in Florida last week, moving the historic facility closer to launching astronauts again.