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Boeing Starliner test flight next on ULA’s launch schedule
The U.S. Space Force has postponed a multi-spacecraft mission that was booked to fly on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in April, moving a redo of a test flight for Boeing's Starliner crew capsule to the front of the line on ULA's launch schedule.
War of words between Russian space chief and retired astronaut
Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a U.S.-record 340 days aboard the International Space Station, has taken to Twitter to pass along "real" news to his 5 million followers, many of them in Russia, about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In the process, a war of words has broken out between the astronaut and Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
NASA official says U.S.-Russian partnership continues on space station
Kathy Lueders, head of NASA's human spaceflight operations division, said Monday that joint activities on the International Space Station are continuing amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, including preparations for the return of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft March 30.
Northrop Grumman delivers cargo and new reboost capability to space station
A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter from Northrop Grumman arrived at the International Space Station Monday, delivering more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and a new U.S. capability to reboost the altitude of the complex independent of Russian rocket thrusters.
Antares rocket launch kicks off space station resupply mission
Northrop Grumman launched a cargo flight from Virginia's Eastern Shore Saturday using an Antares booster with a first stage designed and built in Ukraine, a successful start for a mission to deliver food, experiments, and supplies to the seven-person crew on the International Space Station.
Progress supply freighter docks with space station
Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station on autopilot Thursday with a fresh delivery of food, crew supplies, experiments, and CubeSats that will be released outside the complex on a future spacewalk.
SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth with spacesuit and science specimens
A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks, and research specimens for distribution to scientists around the world.
Spacewalking cosmonauts activate space station’s newest Russian module
Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov completed a 7-hour, 11-minute spacewalk Wednesday outside the International Space Station, preparing Russia's new Prichal module for the arrival of the next Soyuz crew spacecraft in March.
Experiments, holiday gifts delivered by SpaceX to International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule pulled into port at the International Space Station Wednesday, a day after launch from Florida's Space Coast with 3.2 tons of experiments, holiday gifts, and external instruments developed by NASA and the U.S. military to help improve hurricane forecasts.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches cargo mission to International Space Station
SpaceX launched a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station at 5:07 a.m. EST (1007 GMT) Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.