A Russian Soyuz ferry craft glided to a smooth linkup with the International Space Station early Thursday, bringing three fresh crew members to the orbital lab complex. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying one of the world's most experienced space fliers, a rookie cosmonaut and a NASA shuttle veteran blasted off from Kazakhstan to kick off a two-day flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Closing out a five-and-a-half-month stay in space, a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts undocked from the International Space Station early Friday, setting the stage for a fiery ride back to Earth.
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An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday, rocketing smoothly into orbit and setting off after the International Space Station. Read More...

The six-man crew of the International Space Station split up and briefly took shelter inside two three-seat Russian Soyuz re-entry vehicles early Saturday as a piece of space junk whizzed harmlessly past the lab complex.
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Two Russian spacewalkers moved a telescoping crane from one space station module to another Thursday, but the work proved more difficult than expected and other tasks had to be deferred. Read More...

Upcoming Russian Soyuz flights to the International Space Station will be delayed in the wake of a test mishap that over pressurized and damaged the next spacecraft in the launch sequence. Read More...

After a two-day orbital chase, an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment carried out a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station Friday evening. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, bound for the International Space Station. Read More...

A Russian Mars probe, stranded in low-Earth orbit after a malfunction following launch in November, reportedly fell back into the atmosphere Sunday, apparently breaking up over the southern Pacific Ocean west of Chile. Read More...

Amid word of yet another Russian space failure -- the fifth this year -- a Russian Soyuz ferry craft glided to a problem-free docking with the International Space Station Friday, boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

In bitterly cold weather, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man all-veteran crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off after the International Space Station. Read More...

A Soyuz spacecraft is poised for launch Wednesday to ferry three fresh crew members to the International Space Station, boosting the lab's staff back to six. Read More...

A costly Russian Mars probe, stranded in low-Earth orbit after a malfunction following launch Nov. 8, is expected to fall back into Earth's atmosphere next month, Russian officials confirmed Friday. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft plunged back into the atmosphere Monday evening, carrying three space station crew members to a snowy pre-dawn landing in Kazakhstan to close out a five-and-a-half-month stay in space. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft glided to a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station early Wednesday, closing out a problem-free two-day rendezvous and boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off in blizzard-like conditions late Sunday U.S. time, kicking off a delayed flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment completed a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station Wednesday Read More...

Two months after a rare Russian launch failure, an unmanned Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station rocketed smoothly into orbit Sunday Read More...

What appeared to be a communications problem that left Russian flight controllers in the dark about the status of a Soyuz capsule descending to Earth Sept. 16 was, in fact, no problem at all, a crew member said Thursday. Read More...

Three space station crew members returned to Earth aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-21 crew ferry craft late Thursday, leaving three crewmates behind to await the delayed arrival of replacements. Read More...

A space station astronaut said Tuesday the Russians may be able to launch a manned Soyuz spacecraft to the lab complex by early November if an ongoing failure investigation goes well. Read More...

Russian managers have decided to briefly postpone the planned re-entry of a Soyuz ferry craft carrying three space station crew members amid work to pinpoint the cause of a Progress launch failure Aug. 24. Read More...

Upcoming manned flights to and from the International Space Station are facing delays because of the Aug. 24 failure of an unmanned Soyuz carrying a Progress supply capsule, a senior NASA manager said Monday. Read More...

Russian engineers are assessing telemetry to determine the cause of an upper stage malfunction that triggered the loss of an unmanned Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies bound for the space station. Read More...

Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev launched a small amateur radio satellite during a six-hour 23-minute spacewalk Wednesday, but relocation of a large cargo crane had to be postponed. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship glided to a smooth automated docking with the the International Space Station Thursday, two days after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read More...

A Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with three tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday. Docking is expected Thursday. Read More...

Monitoring a weak thruster, commander Sergei Volkov guided a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station at 5:18 p.m. EDT (GMT-4) Thursday. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a veteran cosmonaut, a Japanese physician-astronaut and a NASA shuttle veteran blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday, bound for the International Space Station. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three returning space station crew members landed in Kazakhstan Monday to wrap up a 159-day stay in space. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three fresh crew members completed a smooth, automated rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing three fresh crew members to the lab complex. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Monday carrying two rookie cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran to the International Space Station. Read More...

Outgoing space station commander Scott Kelly, Soyuz TMA-01M commander Alexander Kaleri and flight engineer Oleg Skripochka undocked and returned to Earth early Wednesday, closing out a 159-day mission. Read More...

Russian mission managers rejected a NASA proposal for a Soyuz fly-around of the International Space Station to capture unprecedented views of the lab complex with the shuttle Discovery and a variety of other vehicles attached. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 6,000 pounds of equipment and supplies docked with the International Space Station Saturday, two days after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read More...

Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-27 (space station maintenance) Read More...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called the International Space Station Tuesday and expressed his sympathy to commander Scott Kelly over the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wife of Kelly's twin brother Mark. Read More...

The Russian Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft, carrying Dmitry Kondratyev, Italian flight engineer Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, docked with the International Space Station Friday, boosting the lab's full-time crew back to six (UPDATED at 6:55 p.m. EST with hatch opening). Read More...

A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday (U.S. time) carrying three crew members bound for the International Space Station. Docking is expected Friday. Read More...

Realtime coverage of the Soyuz TMA-19 entry and landing in Kazakhstan (UPATED at 11:50 PM EST with landing). Read More...

Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri took over manual control to guide an unmanned Progress supply ship to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Saturday after an automated approach was called off. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off after the International Space Station. Docking is expected Saturday. Read More...

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a veteran shuttle commander docked with the International Space Station Saturday evening after a two-day orbital chase, boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

Realtime coverage of the Soyuz TMA-01M launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (Updated at 7:35 p.m. EDT with Soyuz launch). Read More...

The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft was moved to the launch pad for for liftoff Thursday evening (U.S. time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (posting countdown and launch-to-docking timeline). Read More...

Realtime coverage of Soyuz TMA-18 entry and landing in Kazakhstan (updated 09/27 with on-site landing pictures) Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying two-and-a-half tons of supplies and equipment docked with the International Space Station early Sunday after a smooth automated rendezvous. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and equipment was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Friday. Docking with the International Space Station is expected early Sunday. Read More...

Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Fyodor Yurchikhin are gearing up for a planned six-hour spacewalk overnight Monday. Read More...

An unmanned Russian supply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station Sunday, two days after an interference issue with a television transmitter in a backup docking system triggered an unexpected abort Friday. Read More...

Russian engineers believe electrical interference caused an approaching unmanned Progress supply ship to abort its approach to the International Space Station Friday Read More...

The automated approach of an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship to the International Space Station was aborted today when telemetry between the spacecraft and the Russian command module was lost. (UPDATED) Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship was successfully launched Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read More...

Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock strapped into the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft that carried them into orbit earlier this month, undocked from the Zvezda command module's aft port and redocked at the new Russian Rassvet module.
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Completing a two-day orbital rendezvous, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a veteran cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts docked with the International Space Station's aft port Thursday, boosting the lab's crew back to six.
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Lighting up the pre-dawn Kazakhstan sky, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts roared to life and vaulted into orbit Tuesday, kicking off a two-day flight to the International Space Station.
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The Soyuz TMA-17 crew capsule, carrying outgoing space station commander Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer and Soichi Noguchi, settled to a safe parachute-and-rocket-assisted landing in Kazakhstan Tuesday after a descent from the International Space Station.
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft, carrying outgoing Expedition 23 commander Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer and Soichi Noguchi, undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday evening, setting the stage for landing in Kazakhstan to close out a five-and-a-half-month mission.
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