NASA’s RapidScat instrument hosted outside the International Space Station has ended its mission of measuring winds over the world’s oceans after suffering a power failure earlier this year – just before reaching its planned two-year mission duration.
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A Russian Soyuz U rocket topped with a Progress cargo resupply craft was moved to its Launch Pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the early hours on Tuesday to enter final preparations for a Thursday liftoff on a two-day chase of the International Space Station to keep up a steady supply of cargo for the six crew members in orbit.
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The Cygnus OA-5 cargo craft closed out another very successful mission Sunday night via a targeted destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean, capping a flight of 41 days
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The Cygnus OA-5 cargo craft departed the International Space Station on Monday after a month-long cargo delivery mission, heading off on a one-week free flight to release a series of small satellites and perform the second Spacecraft Fire Experiment ahead of a planned end of mission date on November 27.
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Three new arrivals pulled into port at their Orbital Home for the next half year Saturday night, marking the start of a very busy mission filled with a packed science schedule, plenty of visiting vehicle moves and a series of spacewalks that will outfit the International Space Station to head into its next decade of operations.
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Three crew members from Russia, France, and the U.S. departed Earth Thursday night to head off on a half-year mission living and working aboard the International Space Station to participate in world-class science and outfitting of the Station for continued operations into the next decade.
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket stood under a Supermoon Monday night after rolling out to its historic Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site early in the day to enter the final days of its countdown to launch a crew of three to the International Space Station later this week.
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Orbital ATK will call upon ULA’s Atlas V rocket one more time to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in the spring of 2017 to ensure the orbiting complex remains in a comfortable resupply situation and can operate at full capacity through what is shaping up to be a busy year for the ISS program.
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Temperatures were barely above freezing Sunday morning when a Soyuz space capsule parachuted to a safe landing in South Central Kazakhstan, returning with a crew from Russia, Japan and the U.S. after circling the Earth 1,840 times in a busy mission to the International Space Station.
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It was a short and intense handover for the Expedition 49 crew with three crew members now on their way back to Earth and the other half now at the helm for Expedition 50 with ISS in their hands for the next two and a half weeks until the next crew launches from Kazakhstan.
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An international crew trio from Russia, Japan and the U.S. is ready to undock from the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft to put an end to a 115-day space flight with a parachute-and-rocket-assisted landing in South-Central Kazakhstan Sunday morning.
Read moreInternational Space Station Expedition 49 Commander Anatoli Ivanishin hands command of the orbiting outpost to NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough who will lead the 50th Expedition to ISS for the next four months.
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The Orbital ATK Cygnus arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, being captured by the Station’s robotic arm for a month-long stay to deliver important cargo to the orbiting laboratory.
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Soyuz MS-02 pulled into its orbital port on Friday, safely bringing three crew members to the International Space Station for a stay of four-and-a-half months as part of the 50th ISS Expedition.
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft has entered an orbital parking spot where it is standing by to give the right of way to the inbound Soyuz crew vehicle before it will make its close rendezvous with the Space Station on Sunday to be captured by the Station’s robotic arm.
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Russia’s trusted Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, carrying into orbit the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft with three Russian-American crew members to begin a four-and-a-half space flight as part of International Space Station Expedition 49/50.
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Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket made a triumphant return on Monday, rumbling into the night skies over Wallops Island to lift the Cygnus OA-5 cargo spacecraft into orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
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A flight-ready Antares rocket was rolled to Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport this week for the first time in nearly two years in preparation to restore Orbital ATK’s cargo launch capability to the International Space Station Sunday night.
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The Progress MS-02 cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Friday en-route to a fiery re-entry, marking the start of a string of vehicle moves to and from the orbital outpost coming up in the second half of this month.
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The launch of the next crew flying to the International Space Station is facing a multi-week delay after a fault was discovered in their Soyuz spacecraft in the late stages of testing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome from where the three-man crew was to launch later this week.
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Three International Space Station residents parachuted to a safe landing Wednesday in a picturesque morning scenery in the steppe of Kazakhstan where their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft touched down after a circling the Earth 2,752 times.
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Three International Space Station crew members have begun their final laps around Earth, embarking on an overnight return aboard their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after an eventful 172-day stay on the orbiting laboratory.
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Three International Space Station crew members are gearing up for their return to Earth after 172 days, hurdling through the atmosphere in a blaze of fire surrounding their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft.
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Spacewalkers Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins blazed through their task list in a busy EVA on Thursday, venturing outside the hatches of the International Space Station for six and a half hours to complete a series of outfitting tasks on the exterior of the orbiting laboratory.
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International Space Station Astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins will venture outside the orbiting complex on Thursday for the second time in under two weeks to complete a series of tasks on the exterior of the Station that have been left over from various previous spacewalks.
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DNA was successfully sequenced in space for the first time this weekend aboard the International Space Station as part of a study exploring whether operational DNA sequencing system are a feasible and valuable addition to the Station’s scientific repertoire.
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The SpaceX Dragon SpX-9 spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Friday and parachuted to a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean after dropping over two metric tons of cargo off at ISS and picking up over one ton of return items, eagerly awaited by scientists and engineers.
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The Dragon SpX-9 spacecraft is set to make its return to Earth on Friday after a mission of over one month facilitating the delivery of critical items to the International Space Station.
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International Space Station Commander Jeff Williams set a new U.S. spaceflight record, passing the 520-day endurance record set earlier this year for cumulative time spent in space.
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The International Space Station received a new parking spot on Friday in a challenging spacewalk completed by ISS Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins.
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