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Europe’s ATV space freighter bids final goodbye to space station
Europe's fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle departed the International Space Station for the last time Saturday, closing out one of the European Space Agency's flagship programs as the bus-sized spaceship heads for a destructive re-entry Sunday.
Europe’s last ATV set to depart from space station
A European supply freighter is set to undock from the International Space Station on Saturday, heading for a destructive dive into Earth's atmosphere about 30 hours later after a power system failure forced the cancellation of an experiment to observe the dynamics of the re-entry of a large spacecraft.
Commercial Dragon supply ship returns to Earth
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship wrapped up a 29-day stay at the International Space Station on Tuesday, departing the complex with nearly 3,700 pounds of research specimens, a balky spacesuit and experimental 3D printed parts before re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
VideoVideo: SpaceX Dragon departs space station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is released from the International Space Station's robotic arm to fly home Tuesday.
Delta 4 on pad for next GPS launch
The Delta 4 rocket to launch the next Global Positioning System satellite to sustain the orbiting navigation network has been rolled out to the launch pad.
Photos: Final batch of SMAP launch shots aboard Delta 2 rocket
"We had a terrific ride into space aboard the United Launch Alliance's Delta 2 vehicle. They deposited us exactly where we wanted to be with with accuracy and precision," said Kent Kellogg, NASA's SMAP project manager.
Atlas 5 rocket assembly starts for NASA launch in March
The Atlas rocket to launch four formation-flying spacecraft for NASA in March began to take shape Wednesday at the assembly building adjacent to the Complex 41 pad.
NASA presses Congress for more commercial crew funding
The Obama administration has requested more than $1.2 billion from congressional appropriators next year to meet NASA's funding commitments for Boeing and SpaceX's commercial crew ferry spacecraft, and anything less could delay flights of the capsules past 2017.
Three Atlas 5, Delta 4 assigned to military launches
Three rockets under the existing Block Buy between the Pentagon and United Launch Alliance have been assigned configurations and payloads.
Photos: Gallery of Delta 2 launch
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifts off with NASA's SMAP observatory at 6:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.