News Archive / Tagged: International Space Station
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Dream Chaser passes latest NASA development milestone
Derek RichardsonMarch 24th, 2019Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane passed another milestone in its development to be the third commercial cargo freighter for the ISS.
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Astronauts install new batteries outside the International Space Station
Derek RichardsonMarch 23rd, 2019Two NASA astronauts ventured outside the 20-year-old International Space Station to replace aging nickel-hydrogen batteries with fresh lithium-ion units.
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Gallery: Soyuz MS-12 launches into space, docks with ISS
Derek RichardsonMarch 15th, 2019With Soyuz MS-12 safely docked at the International Space Station, Expedition 59 began, bringing the outpost’s crew size back to six.
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Soyuz MS-12 trio launches toward ISS, joins Expedition 59 crew
Michael ColeMarch 14th, 2019Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch launched in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft to travel to the ISS for a six-month stay.
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Crew of aborted Soyuz launch ready to fly again on Soyuz MS-12
Michael ColeMarch 12th, 2019NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin are about to get a second chance to fly to the International Space Station.
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Historic Crew Dragon flight concludes with Atlantic splashdown
Derek RichardsonMarch 8th, 2019The Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission came to an end with a successful splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean not far from where its journey began six days ago.
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1st stage used for Crew Dragon launch returns to Port Canaveral
Derek RichardsonMarch 5th, 2019The first stage of the Falcon 9 used for the historic Crew Dragon launch returned to port just three days after landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
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ISS astronauts assemble tools for robotic refueling demo
Derek RichardsonMarch 5th, 2019If humans are ever to settle the Solar System sustainably, a number of technologies will need to be perfected, including in-space refueling.
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‘New era in spaceflight’: Crew Dragon docks with space station
Derek RichardsonMarch 3rd, 2019For the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle program, a U.S. spacecraft designed to fly humans has docked with the International Space Station.
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SpaceX launches historic Crew Dragon flight to space station
Curt GodwinMarch 2nd, 2019Clearing one of the final milestones before the return of human spaceflight to the U.S., SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission.
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SpaceX readies Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission
Curt GodwinFebruary 28th, 2019The journey to return human spaceflight to U.S. soil is set to cross another milestone as SpaceX prepares to send its first Crew Dragon to the ISS.
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NG-10 Cygnus ends post-ISS mission after deploying satellites
Derek RichardsonFebruary 25th, 2019Northrop Grumman’s NG-10 Cygnus has performed its deorbit burn to fall back into the atmosphere, breaking apart as it re-entered over the Pacific Ocean.
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NASA, SpaceX complete Crew Dragon flight readiness review
Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2019After years of development, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is nearly ready to fly its first unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station.
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NASA planning to buy 2 more seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft
Derek RichardsonFebruary 16th, 2019NASA is looking to ensure uninterrupted access to the International Space Station while two commercial spacecraft finish development.
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NG-10 Cygnus departs ISS to perform secondary mission
Derek RichardsonFebruary 8th, 2019Northrop Grumman’s NG-10 Cygnus spacecraft has departed the International Space Station after three months at the orbiting complex.
