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VideoVideo: Soyuz launcher ready for rollout
Inside the final assembly building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is mated to the core of the Soyuz booster rocket for Sunday's Expedition 42 launch to the International Space Station.
VideoVideo: Space station Expedition 42 fit check
The next Expedition 42 trio waiting to join the International Space Station crew conducted final Sokol launch and entry suit fit checks at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
VideoLander manager says Philae is doing well but battery life is low
The lander project manager Stephan Ulamec says tremendous science has been collected during Philae's short time on the surface but battery life is now limited and it is unlikely to last much longer.
VideoMission scientist reacts to historic first images from the surface of a comet
Rosetta mission scientist Matt Taylor says the science team is jubilant after the Philae lander captured the historic, first close up images of the surface of a comet and began returning data from its science instruments.
VideoMagnetic explosion probes make it to the Cape
Two probes joined an identical pair near their Florida launch site today for liftoff aboard an Atlas 5 rocket in March to study magnetic field explosions in space.
VideoVideo: Lander manager provides update on Philae status
Stephan Ulamec, head of the Philae lander team at DLR, provides an update after touchdown on the comet.
VideoVideo: Mission control celebrates separation as anxiety builds over landing
Paolo Ferri, head of mission operations, describes the moment of relief when engineers confirmed the Philae comet lander separated from its Rosetta mothership. But anxiety is building over touchdown after telemetry data raised questions about the status of an important cold gas thruster designed to keep the lander from bouncing off the comet.
VideoUnprecedented cosmic choreography essential to landing on comet
When a European landing probe goes for a daring touchdown on a comet Wednesday, officials say it would help to have a little luck on their side.
VideoComet lander powered up after electronics glitch
Europe's Philae lander -- still latched inside its mothership -- has been activated and should be ready for release Wednesday to begin a daring first-ever descent to a comet, the mission's flight director said.