Astronauts deploy solar array in second attempt
The successful solar array installation clears the way for another spacewalk Friday
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The successful solar array installation clears the way for another spacewalk Friday
New solar arrays are part of SpaceX's 22nd supply run to the International Space Station.
The Pirs airlock and docking comparment will be detached to make way for the new Nauka lab module.
Actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will shoot scenes for an upcoming movie aboard the space station.
The flight will be the second fully commercial launch of civilians to low-Earth orbit and the first to the International Space Station.
The four Crew Dragon astronauts, delayed by windy weather, head for only the third nighttime splashdown in space history.
Four space station astronauts now plan to splash down Saturday to close out an extended 166-day mission.
The arrival of one Crew Dragon capsule sets the stage for the departure and return to Earth of another.
SpaceX successfully launched a crew of four to the International Space Station early Friday morning. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports on the launch and former NASA astronaut and space station commander Leroy Chiao joins "CBSN AM" to talk about the mission.
In a historic first, NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to fly astronauts on a reused Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Mark Strassmann reports from the Kennedy Space Center.
Launch will mark SpaceX's third piloted flight to orbit and the first with a "used" Crew Dragon ferry ship.
NASA optimistic weather will cooperate for a Friday launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station.
The Falcon 9 test firing and a dress rehearsal countdown set the stage for Thursday's Crew Dragon launch.
Three space station fliers returned to Earth amid preparations for SpaceX Crew Dragon launch Thursday.
The flight will mark the third piloted launch of SpaceX's futuristic astronaut ferry ship.
After Wednesday's 15th unpiloted test flight, the system appears to be on the verge of commercial operations, giving six passengers at a time a few minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this-world view.
A NASA astronaut joins two Russians for Friday's trip to the International Space Station.
The short "taxi" flight clears the way for arrival of another Crew Dragon later this month.
This was the 237th spacewalk devoted to station assembly and maintenance since construction began in 1998.
Mark Vande Hei's seat was arranged through Houston-based Axiom Space.
Multiple spacewalks are planned to improve the space station's solar power system.
Multiple spacewalks planned to upgrade the space station's aging power system
The mission aims to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and one of the crew members will be a frontline health worker.
New experiment platform only partially activated after spacewalkers have problems with balky cables
The proposed historic mission is aiming for a January 2022 launch date aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.