SpaceX company's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off towards the International Space Station on Tuesday in the first ever commercial space flight of its kind. The rocket carried a capsule named Dragon that is packed with 1,000 pounds of provisions.
A private company that was set to launch a rocket loaded with supplies to the International Space Station aborted the launch at the last minute on Saturday. It would have been the first commercial flight to the ISS.
Three astronauts were safely brought back to Earth Tuesday after spending nearly six months on the International Space Station. Their Soyuz capsule landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan shortly before sunrise.
A Russian space cargo ship with supplies for the International Space Station crashed in Siberia shortly after take-off after failing to reach the correct orbit, the Russian space agency said in a statement Wednesday.
US Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on Thursday, ending an iconic 30 years for NASA and the US space industry and heralding a period of uncertainty for the American space programme.
NASA’s Atlantis space shuttle touched down for a final time Thursday, ending its last mission to the International Space Station and bringing down the curtain on an era of American dominance in space exploration.
NASA’s Atlantis space shuttle is set to make its final landing Thursday morning, 42 years after Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. The event marks the end of an era of American dominance in space exploration.
The International Space Station saw its final space shuttle depart early Tuesday. The shuttle, called Atlantis, delivered equipment and supplies to stockpile the ISS. It is scheduled to touch-down Thursday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
The space shuttle Endeavor is preparing to launch into space Monday. The shuttle will embark on a mission to the International Space Station to deliver spare parts and a detector that will search for signs of dark matter.
An unmanned Ariane rocket successfully launched into space Wednesday with the heaviest ever payload. The rocket contained supplies for the International Space Station. A first attempt to launch the rocket was spiked due to technical difficulties.
