Soyuz launch kicks off space station crew rotation
A NASA astronaut joins two Russians for Friday's trip to the International Space Station.
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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.
Two American astronauts successfully completed the 187th spacewalk in the history of the International Space Station. The spacewalk is one of many planned this year to help prepare the space station for the next wave of human spaceflight. Mark Strassman reports on their journey.
International Space Station Expedition 40 Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency donned their spacesuits and exited the Pirs airlock to install new communications equipment on the Zvezda service module. The spacewalk, a first for both of them, lasted almost 7 and a half hours.
Space station astronauts stepped out on an urgent spacewalk Wednesday to replace a computer that failed nearly two weeks ago. Americans Rick Mastracchio and Steven Swanson successfully installed bolts for a new computer that is a critical backup outside the International Space Station.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station may need to take a spacewalk to fix a computer problem. The main computer is functional and the six-man crew is in no danger. Anthony Mason reports.
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
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover ventured outside the International Space Station on Monday for a spacewalk to complete battery replacement and install new camera equipment. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green have details.
New experiment platform only partially activated after spacewalkers have problems with balky cables
Next-generation cargo ship executes a flawless automated rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station.
The space station's Russian Pirs docking compartment will be replaced by a laboratory module.
NASA's issued a report on the errors that led to an astronaut's near drowning during a space walk last July. NASA also says the incident was preventable. CBS News' Craig Boswell reports.
Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins made their first spacewalk to attempt to fix a cooling system on the International Space Station. A problem with Mastracchio's spacesuit delayed the next spacewalk to Christmas Eve. Don Dahler reports.
Astronauts have begun the first of three planned spacewalks to repair a vital cooling system that failed on the International Space Station. Bill Harwood reports.
With a piloted test flight complete, NASA hopes to certify the SpaceX capsule for operational missions.
Splashdown will set the stage for operational Crew Dragon flights to begin later this year.
The Crew Dragon splashdown will be NASA's first astronaut water landing in 45 years.
Two NASA astronauts conducted another in a series of spacewalks at the International Space Station on Tuesday. It's part of an ongoing process to upgrade the orbiting space lab. CBSN's Errol Barnett has details.
With their battery replacement work complete, two NASA spacewalkers focus on future upgrades.
With two final spacewalks, a multi-year upgrade of the space station's power system will finally be complete.
Spacewalking astronauts are picking up where they left off, with another round of space station battery replacements.
Two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk Friday to upgrade the power system on the International Space Station. CBSN has details.