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Progress failure probe narrows in on separation from rocket
Something went wrong with a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft moments before it deployed into orbit Tuesday on the way to the International Space Station, and investigators are analyzing whether the stricken supply ship may have lost control after a botched separation from its Soyuz rocket booster.
VideoRussia gives up on Progress supply ship docking
Russian flight controllers have given up attempting to salvage a Progress cargo ship loaded with 3 tons of supplies and equipment intended for the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott Kelly, on board the lab for a year-long mission, said Wednesday the Progress will not be docking and instead will plunge back into the atmosphere.
VideoVideo: Russian cargo ship spinning
A video camera aboard Russian Progress cargo ship reveals craft is spinning dramatically in orbit as it passes in range of ground station communications.
VideoRussians scramble to restore cargo ship communications
A Russian Progress supply ship loaded with more than 3 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station apparently spun out of control shortly after reaching orbit Tuesday, putting the resupply mission in jeopardy while flight controllers scrambled to come up with a fix.
Antenna snag strikes Progress cargo freighter
Russian ground controllers decided Tuesday to delay the docking of a Progress supply freighter to the International Space Station until Thursday after telemetry signals indicated two radar navigation antennas may not have deployed following the ship's launch from Kazakhstan.
New details emerge about electric propulsion experiment aboard X-37B
All systems are now "go" for launch of the Air Force's X-37B mystery spaceplane on May 20 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas 5 rocket.
Fourth X-37B flight a month away from launching
The U.S. Air Force on Friday made its first public confirmation that the X-37B unmanned space shuttle will be launched next month on the fourth flight of an Orbital Test Vehicle.
Decision on new space station cargo contracts deferred
NASA expects to select commercial contractors to resupply the International Space Station in September, three months later than the agency's previous timetable under a competition for cargo deliveries beginning in 2018.
ULA needs commercial customers to close Vulcan rocket business case
United Launch Alliance will need to lure commercial customers to ensure the economic viability of its new Vulcan rocket, which is set to debut in 2019 just as the rate of U.S. military satellite launches is due to take a dip.
Dragon pad abort test set for early May
A major test of the system that would shoot SpaceX astronaut crews away from a failing rocket is scheduled for no earlier than May 5 from a specially-built mount at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad, NASA announced Tuesday.