Progress supply ship docks; space station maneuvers to avoid debris (UPDATED)

Amid spacewalk preparations, the Russians launched a Progress supply ship, monitored its automated docking with the space station and then adjusted the lab's orbit to avoid a piece of space debris. Read More...

SpaceX cargo capsule leaves station, returns to Earth (UPDATED)

In a major milestone for the space station program, a commercial cargo capsule loaded with experiment samples returned to Earth Sunday, plunging back through the atmosphere to a Pacific Ocean splashdown.
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Coolant leak prompts Nov. 1 station spacewalk

Space station commander Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide plan a Nov. 1 spacewalk to isolate a small, but growing leak in a solar array ammonia coolant loop. Read More...

Soyuz TMA-06M with three-man crew docks with space station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Thursday, boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

Three-man crew blasts off, heads for space station

Two rookie cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran rocketed into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Tuesday and set off after the International Space Station. Read More...

Russian Soyuz prepped for launch to space station

Facing a particularly intense first week in space, two cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran geared up for launch early Tuesday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft bound for flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Rover begins soil analysis; scientists ponder bright fragment

The Curiosity Mars rover is processing its first soil sample in an instrument designed to identify the minerals present in soil and rock samples. A small shiny fragment near the rover is thought to be naturally occurring. Read More...

SpaceX Dragon capsule attached to space station (UPDATED)

A commercial cargo capsule loaded with a half-ton of supplies and equipment was captured by the International Space Station's robot arm early Wednesday after a flawless final rendezvous.
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Singer Sarah Brightman announces plans to visit space station

Soprano Sarah Brightman, believed to be one of the world's wealthiest classical crossover performers, has bought a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for a 10-day visit to the International Space Station. Read More...

SpaceX studies Falcon 9 engine failure

SpaceX engineers are reviewing telemetry to figure out what caused a dramatic first stage engine failure Sunday night during launch of a commercial cargo ship bound for the International Space Station. Read More...

SpaceX rocket boosts Dragon cargo ship into orbit (UPDATED)

An unmanned cargo capsule built by SpaceX under a $1.6 billion commercial contract with NASA was boosted into orbit Sunday on its first operational flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Despite low thrust, Delta 4 boosts GPS satellite into orbit (UPDATED)

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket boosted a Global Positioning System satellite into space Thursday to replace a navigation station that has operated twice as long as expected. Read More...

Space station partners approve yearlong stay in 2015-16

An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will spend a full year aboard the International Space Station in 2015-16, twice as long as current crews, to collect medical data on long-duration spaceflight.
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Curiosity gets the scoop on Mars

The Mars Curiosity rover is pausing for a few weeks near fine-grained sand dunes to scoop up soil and run it through the vehicle's sample acquisition system to clean out lingering traces of Earth's environment.
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