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Sierra Nevada to resume Dream Chaser flight tests
An atmospheric test model of Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane is being readied for tow and landing tests at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California this spring.
NASA buys up to five more seats on future Soyuz missions
NASA has purchased two seats on Russian Soyuz capsules launching later this year and in early 2018 to expand the crew on the U.S. segment of the International Space Station from three to four, and reserved options to fly astronauts on Soyuz spacecraft in 2019 if commercial rides are not available in time.
Q&A with Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO
SpaceX's Elon Musk spoke with reporters Monday about his company's plan to launch two space tourists on a loop around the moon in 2018.
SpaceX to send two private citizens around the moon and back
SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk announced Monday plans to send two paying "private individuals" on a week-long flight around the moon and back to Earth by the end of next year.
Russian freighter links up with International Space Station
The International Space Station received its second cargo shipment in less than 24 hours Friday with the automated linkup of a Russian Progress refueling and resupply freighter.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into overcast sky from pad 39A
Check out one more gallery of photos from Sunday's blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Photos: Russian cargo craft fires away from snow-covered cosmodrome
Russia's Progress MS-05 supply ship lifted off Wednesday on top of a Soyuz-U rocket, climbing into orbit from a snow-covered launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the way to the International Space Station.
Commercial space cargo ship’s ride to orbit assembled for March 19 launch
An Atlas 5 booster core and Centaur upper stage have been stacked to launch another commercial freighter with supplies and scientific research gear to the International Space Station next month.
SpaceX supply ship completes journey to space station
Running a day late after aborting a rendezvous to resolve a navigation glitch, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft made a smooth final approach to the International Space Station on Thursday, floating in range of the research lab’s robot arm for capture to deliver 2.7 tons of supplies and research experiments.
SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a day
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship, loaded with nearly 5,500 pounds of cargo and experiments, aborted an approach to the International Space Station on Wednesday after encountering a problem in its GPS navigation system.