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Hurricane Nicole prompts Antares launch delay to Sunday
The threat from Hurricane Nicole churning toward a tracking station in Bermuda will keep Orbital ATK's Antares rocket from launching on a space station cargo run until at least Sunday, officials said Tuesday.
Critical Antares rocket launch set for Friday night
The debut launch of an upgraded version of Orbital ATK's Antares rocket has slipped to Friday after ground teams resolved a minor vehicle issue and made emergency preparations for Hurricane Matthew, which bypassed the Antares launch site on Virginia's Eastern Shore this weekend.
Managers set Oct. 13 for first Antares launch in two years
NASA and Orbital ATK officials have set Oct. 13 as the target date for the first Antares launch in nearly two years, giving approval for ground crews to load final cargo into the mission's Cygnus supply carrier heading for the International Space Station.
Dramatic views of Hurricane Matthew taken Monday from the space station
The International Space Station flew over Matthew on Monday, the dangerous Category 4 hurricane packing 140 mph winds.
Officials target mid-October for first launch of upgraded Antares cargo rocket
Orbital ATK ground crews in Virginia are fueling the next Cygnus cargo freighter this week for launch toward the International Space Station in mid-October on the first flight of the company's upgraded Antares rocket in two years.
Russians delay next crew launch to station
The next launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three space station fliers has been delayed indefinitely after testing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan revealed an unspecified technical problem, the Russian space agency announced Saturday.
Soyuz spaceship lands in Kazakhstan
Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America's most experienced astronaut, joined two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery return to Earth Tuesday, closing out a 172-day mission with an on-target landing in Kazakhstan.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz capsule brings home station crew
Soyuz commander Alexei Ovchinin, flight engineer Oleg Skripochka and outgoing space station skipper Jeff Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday with a parachute-assisted touchdown in Kazakhstan. Their Soyuz TMA-20M capsule undocked from the station at 2151 GMT (5:51 p.m. EDT) and landed at 0113 GMT (9:13 p.m. EDT).
Station fliers set for return to Earth after 172-day mission
Less than a week after winding up a successful spacewalk, outgoing space station commander Jeff Williams, America's most experienced astronaut, will join two Russian cosmonauts for a fiery descent to Earth Tuesday evening to close out a 172-day mission covering 2,752 orbits and 72.8 million miles since launch last March.
Astronauts complete problem-free spacewalk
Space station commander Jeff Williams and flight engineer Kate Rubins completed a smooth 6-hour 48-minute spacewalk Thursday, retracting a spare cooling radiator, installing two high-definition TV cameras and inspecting a massive solar array rotation mechanism that has experience subtle vibrations in recent months.