SpaceX launches upgraded Falcon 9 rocket

In a dramatic California test flight, SpaceX launched an upgraded, more powerful version of its Falcon 9 rocket Sunday -- a booster the company hopes will someday carry astronauts to the space station. Read More...

Cygnus cargo ship completes rendezvous, station capture

A commercial cargo ship making its maiden flight was successfully captured by the International Space Station's robot arm early Sunday in a major milestone for NASA.
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Soyuz takes off with three bound for space station

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Wednesday, climbed into orbit and docked with the International Space Station after a six-hour rendezvous. Read More...

Commercial cargo ship aborts initial approach to station

An Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus cargo ship making its maiden flight to the International Space Station aborted its initial approach to the lab complex early Sunday because of suspect navigation data.
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Orbital Sciences launches Cygnus cargo ship on maiden flight

In a critical test flight for NASA's space station program, an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket blasted off Wednesday, lofting a Cygnus cargo ship on its maiden flight to the international lab complex. Read More...

Atlas 5 rocket boosts military comsat into orbit

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket boosted a $900 million military communications satellite into space early Wednesday, the third in a series of high-speed, jam-resistant relay stations.
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Orbital Sciences preps Cygnus cargo ship for station flight

In a major milestone for NASA, Orbital Sciences Corp. is readying an Antares rocket for launch Wednesday to boost an unmanned Cygnus cargo ship on a maiden flight to the International Space Station.
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In historic first, Voyager 1 sails into interstellar space

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, 36 years and 12 billion miles from Earth, has crossed the boundary between the sun's influence and interstellar space, becoming humanity's first true starship, scientists said Thursday.
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Soyuz TMA-08M brings three station fliers safely back to Earth

Closing out a 166-day stay in orbit, two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut rode a Russian Soyuz spacecraft back to Earth Tuesday, settling to a jarring rocket-assisted touchdown on the steppe of Kazakhstan.
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NASA launches moon probe to study thin lunar atmosphere

Lighting up the night sky with a trail of fiery exhaust, an Orbital Sciences Minotaur 5 rocket blazed away from the Virginia coast late Friday, boosting a small NASA probe on a trajectory toward the moon. Read More...

NASA preps innovative probe for launch on moon mission

An innovative spacecraft perched atop a five-stage booster is poised for launch from the Virginia coast late Friday on a mission to study the moon's ultra-thin atmosphere look for signs of suspended moon dust. Read More...