European crew ready for commercial flight to space station
The flight marks the third commercial space station visit funded by Houston-based Axiom Space, and the first with an all-European crew.
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The flight marks the third commercial space station visit funded by Houston-based Axiom Space, and the first with an all-European crew.
Astronauts in the International Space Station said they found the rogue fruit, dispelling claims that astronaut Frank Rubio ate it.
A guidance system problem during final approach prompted two space station cosmonauts to take over by remote control.
Descent from the International Space Station closed out an unexpected 371-day stay, the longest flight in U.S. space history.
Frank Rubio and two cosmonaut crewmates return to Earth next Wednesday to wrap up a U.S. record 371-day stay in orbit.
The capsule landed just after midnight. They were slated to oversee 200 science and tech experiments.
The Crew Dragon arrival briefly boosts the space station crew to 11 in the first of two crew rotation flights.
NASA and SpaceX will make another attempt to launch four fresh crew members to the space station Saturday morning.
The solar array upgrade is needed to offset age-related degradation and to provide more power for expanding commercial operations.
The Ax-2 flight was the second "private astronaut mission" chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space and sanctioned by NASA.
The crew includes a legendary retired astronaut, a wealthy adventurer and two Saudi astronauts — the first people from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to visit the space station.
Astronauts prepare ISS for upgraded solar panels on spacewalk.
Astronauts prepare ISS for upgraded solar panels on spacewalk.
The flaming bits of wreckage created a "spectacular light show" and were going thousands of miles per hour, an astronomer said.
The Cargo Dragon launching came just three days after SpaceX brought four station crew members back to Earth.
The Crew Dragon delivered a three-country, four-man crew for a six-month stay. They'll replace four other station crew members who plan to return to Earth around March 9.
The four Crew Dragon fliers will replace another crew that will be wrapping up a 154-day stay in orbit.
An issue with the Falcon 9 rocket's engine ignition system prompted the postponement.
The next attempt could come as early as Tuesday
It's not yet known what caused the leak, or whether the Soyuz is still flight worthy.
Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio float outside the space station to install the third of six new roll-out solar blankets.
Tom Cruise's next mission is looking all the more possible — a studio executive says he's going to be "taking the world to space" in his upcoming film.
Following a sky-lighting blastoff Sunday, the SpaceX Resilience capsule and its three-man one-woman crew closed in on the International Space Station Monday, executing a series of computer-controlled rocket firings to home in for docking at the lab's forward port.
They call themselves the "Quaranteens" and their talents are out of this world.
Astronauts on the International Space Station are getting a caffeine boost, mice, and a new AI robot with SpaceX's latest rocket launch.
