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VideoOut-of-control Progress cargo craft to fall back to Earth
A Russian space freighter that failed to deliver supplies to the International Space Station last week is due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere as soon as Thursday.
VideoVideo: Dragon test articles flies pad abort profile
A test article of SpaceX's Crew Dragon flew on an arcing minute-and-a-half demonstration flight over Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, launching atop eight 3D-printed rocket thrusters and descending to a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoOTD…May 4 and STS-30
#OTD...Launch of Atlantis in 1989 to send the Magellan space probe to Venus
VideoNext round of U.S. optical spy satellites to start launching in 2018
The covert follow-on satellite program that will serve as a replacement to the nation's surveillance "eyes" from space begins launching in 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
VideoBezos’ Blue Origin completes first test flight of ‘New Shepard’ spacecraft
Blue Origin, a rocket engine and spacecraft development company owned by Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos, carried out an unpiloted maiden test flight of the company's New Shepard sub-orbital launch vehicle Wednesday, the historically secretive company revealed early Thursday.
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.
VideoPhotos: Telecom satellites blast off from the jungle
Look back on Sunday's launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's jungle spaceport in French Guiana with two communications satellites for a commercial Norwegian telecom operator and Franco-Italian military authorities.
VideoOTD…April 28 and STS-39
OTD...Launch of Discovery in 1991 on a Defense Department research flight
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.