News Archive / Tagged: International Space Station
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CRS-16 Dragon arrives at ISS after ground-based communications issue
Derek RichardsonDecember 8th, 2018SpaceX’s CRS-16 Dragon was captured by the space station crew, despite a communications issue prompting a temporary retreat command being issued.
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There (almost) and back again: Crew of aborted Soyuz mission reassigned
Heather SmithDecember 6th, 2018NASA has announced that Nick Hague will join Aleksey Ovchinin again for a launch on Feb 28, 2019, after their mission was aborted in October 2018.
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With mice well-fed, SpaceX’s CRS-16 mission blasts off but fails to stick landing
Michael ColeDecember 5th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- Partly cloudy skies along Florida's Space Coast provided a beautiful backdrop for the SpaceX launch of the CRS-16 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). While a success, not everything went according to plan.
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Watch exclusive live coverage of CRS-16 launch
Jason RhianDecember 5th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX and NASA have a Falcon 9 rocket primed and ready for flight. The mission - to send the CRS-16 Dragon to the International Space Station. SpaceFlight Insider's exclusive webcast will begin at 12:45 p.m. ET (17:45 GMT).
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Crewed flights to ISS resume with Soyuz MS-11 launch
Derek RichardsonDecember 3rd, 2018Normalcy begins to return to International Space Station operations as the crew of Soyuz MS-11 has successfully launched from Baikonur.
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Has a drug-resistant disease been discovered on the International Space Station?
Jason RhianNovember 23rd, 2018On orbit for 20 years, the ISS has become a beacon for ventures beyond the safety of our home world and an example of how humanity can work as one. This icon appears to be generating something else - drug resistant diseases.
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Launch date for SpaceX’s Demo-1 flight announced
Jason RhianNovember 21st, 2018A launch date for the first test flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft has been announced and the company's BFR rocket has gained a new name.
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1st International Space Station module turns 20
Derek RichardsonNovember 20th, 2018For two decades, the International Space Station has been a shining example of what can be accomplished when humanity works together.
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NG-10 Cygnus brings experiments, supplies to ISS crew
Derek RichardsonNovember 19th, 2018Less than 24 hours after Progress MS-10 docked with the International Space Station, the NG-10 Cygnus spacecraft rendezvoused with the orbiting outpost.
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Progress MS-10 arrives at International Space Station
Derek RichardsonNovember 18th, 2018Taking two days to reach the International Space Station, Russia’s Progress MS-10 rendezvous and docked with the orbiting outpost’s Zvezda service module.
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Gallery: Antares lights up Virginia skies with Cygnus flight to space station
Derek RichardsonNovember 18th, 2018In the dark of night, an Antares rocket launched from Virginia to send the Cygnus cargo ship to orbit to resupply the International Space Station.
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Forever Young: NG-10 Cygnus departs Earth, bound for the International Space Station
Michael ColeNovember 17th, 2018The skies of the U.S. East Coast were lit up as an Antares rocket with the NG-10 Cygnus spacecraft tore brightly and loudly like a torch into the heavens.
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Soyuz-FG rocket back in action with successful launch of Progress MS-10
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 16th, 2018A Soyuz-FG rocket took to the skies to send the Progress MS-10 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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How does Northrop Grumman secure Antares during powerful storms?
Jason RhianNovember 15th, 2018WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A powerful "Nor'easter" storm that is hanging off the Atlantic Coast has caused mission managers to push back the flight an additional day. What does Northrop Grumman have in place to handle turbulent weather such as this one?
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Soyuz-FG to return to flight with Progress MS-10 resupply mission
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 15th, 2018Russia’s Soyuz-FG is slated to return to flight with the launch of the Progress MS-10 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
