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CRS-16 Dragon arrives at ISS after ground-based communications issue

Derek RichardsonDecember 8th, 2018

SpaceX’s CRS-16 Dragon was captured by the space station crew, despite a communications issue prompting a temporary retreat command being issued.

Orion’s Ascent Abort-2 Crew Module delivered to KSC

Jason RhianDecember 7th, 2018

The Crew Module of NASA's Orion spacecraft has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center located in Florida. Its journey began at Johnson Space Center and will be used to further the agency's deep space exploration ambitions.

There (almost) and back again: Crew of aborted Soyuz mission reassigned

Heather SmithDecember 6th, 2018

NASA 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.

CRS-16 Falcon 9 first stage makes unplanned water landing

Michael ColeDecember 5th, 2018

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After 26 straight successful landings of its Falcon 9 booster, SpaceX experienced a landing failure amidst an otherwise successful launch to orbit of the CRS-16 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

With mice well-fed, SpaceX’s CRS-16 mission blasts off but fails to stick landing

Michael ColeDecember 5th, 2018

CAPE 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.

Watch exclusive live coverage of CRS-16 launch

Jason RhianDecember 5th, 2018

CAPE 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).

Rats! SpaceX CRS-16 mission slips again!

Michael ColeDecember 4th, 2018

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX has encountered more than its fair share of scrubs, but the one that pushed the planned flight of the CRS-16 mission back 24 hours - is a doozy.

SpaceX sets record with launch of 64 satellites on SSO-A

Curt GodwinDecember 3rd, 2018

LOMPOC, Calif. -- Overcoming numerous delays, SpaceX completed one of its most complex missions yet - the delivery of 64 satellites to a Sun-synchronous orbit.

Crewed flights to ISS resume with Soyuz MS-11 launch

Derek RichardsonDecember 3rd, 2018

Normalcy begins to return to International Space Station operations as the crew of Soyuz MS-11 has successfully launched from Baikonur.

SpaceX set to launch CRS-16 Dragon to ISS

Michael ColeDecember 1st, 2018

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Elon Musk might not be Santa Claus, but the Expedition 57 crew on board the ISS might consider him to be after the CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft arrives.

NASA Administrator reveals new commercial plan to explore the Moon

Jason RhianNovember 29th, 2018

NASA is working with commercial partners in an effort to produce a lunar transport "market," one designed to further enable scientific exploration of the Moon.

MarCO CubeSats perform successfully during InSight landing

Laurel KornfeldNovember 28th, 2018

Two CubeSats successfully monitored InSight's entry, descent, and landing on Mars and returned data to Earth hours before NASA's Mars orbiters came into position to transmit the data.

JPL’s Lucky Nuts work! InSight lander safely touches down on Mars

Laurel KornfeldNovember 26th, 2018

After traveling some 33.9 million miles (54.6 million kilometers), NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) robotic lander safely touched down on the surface of Mars at the Elysium Planitia region at 2:52 p.m. EST (11:52 a.m. PST / 19:53 GMT) today, Monday, Nov. 26.

Has a drug-resistant disease been discovered on the International Space Station?

Jason RhianNovember 23rd, 2018

On 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.