Fresh food, science gear and equipment head to space station
Along with crew supplies and equipment, the Cargo Dragon is delivering two roll-out solar arrays to complete a major power system upgrade.
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Along with crew supplies and equipment, the Cargo Dragon is delivering two roll-out solar arrays to complete a major power system upgrade.
With the arrival of four fresh space station crew members, four others will head for home after 235 days in orbit.
The Soyuz MS-28 landing in Kazakhstan brought a 241-day stay in space to a successful conclusion.
Out of an abundance of caution, NASA briefly directed five of the seven crew members aboard the International Space Station to wait inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" spacecraft.
The two-woman, two-man crew is replacing four other station fliers who came home early last month due to a medical issue one was having.
Four space station Crew 11 fliers splashed down off the Southern California coast at 3:41 a.m. ET, closing out a 167-day stay in space cut short by a medical issue.
NASA said the unidentified astronaut is "stable," but the agency is considering all options, including a possible early return to Earth for Crew 11
It was the fourth private astronaut mission funded by Houston-based Axiom Space and the second commanded by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson.
The craft carrying astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the space station. They're scheduled for an eight-month stay.
Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams joined Crew 9 commander Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov for their long-awaited return to Earth.
With a replacement crew on board the space station, NASA is eyeing Tuesday for the Starliner astronauts' return to Earth, finally ending their marathon mission.
A SpaceX capsule carrying a fresh crew to the space station launched Friday, setting the stage for the Starliner astronauts to finally come home.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for months longer than expected, and will not return to Earth until at least March 2025 at the earliest, NASA indicated.
Images from space show the progress of Hurricane Milton towards the western coast of Florida.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for docking Sunday.
Crew Dragon's two astronauts will join two Starliner fliers for a five-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station.
Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Sunita Williams look ahead to a productive science mission.
Crew 9 commander Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson will stay behind when the Crew 9 mission takes off on Sept. 24.
The Starliner's two-person crew now will stay in space until next February and return to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
The engine's "rapid unscheduled disassembly," as Elon Musk put it, almost certainly will trigger downstream launch delays.
The Starliner's launch was picture-perfect, but additional helium leaks were detected, triggering another round of troubleshooting.
Nearly a month after a frustrating launch scrub, the Starliner and its two-person crew were initially cleared for a second attempt to reach orbit.
The planned piloted launch of Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship was called off with less than two hours to go before liftoff.
Mark Strassmann reports on Boeing preparing for the first manned launch of its Starliner rocket under intense scrutiny.
Splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico closed out a 199-day mission spanning 3,184 orbits and 84.4 million miles.
