Aborted launch of Soyuz spacecraft: what we know
A Soyuz space rocket carrying a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut suffered an engine problem and the crew had to make an emergency landing minutes after lift-off on Thursday.
Oct 11, 2018
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First to red planet will become Martians: Canada astronaut
Astronauts traveling through space on the long trip to Mars will not have the usual backup from mission control on Earth and will need to think of themselves as Martians to survive, Canada's most famous spaceman half-jokingly ...
Image: Emergency training on the ISS
There are many possible reasons to trigger the alarm on the International Space Station, from fire to toxic leaks and loss of pressure. When an alarm sounds the six astronauts that live above our planet need to react quickly ...
SpaceX delivers AI robot, ice cream, mice to space station
The International Space Station got its first robot with artificial intelligence Monday, along with some berries, ice cream and identical brown mice.
Spacewalking astronauts perform pump swap at space station
Spacewalking astronauts carried out a high-flying, high-tech version of musical chairs Wednesday, rearranging pumps outside the International Space Station.
ESA teams ready for space
Tomorrow's launch of Sentinel-3B will complete the Sentinel-3 constellation and represents the culmination of months of training to fly Europe's latest Copernicus satellite.
NASA astronauts go spacewalking days after reaching orbit
Two new arrivals at the International Space Station went spacewalking Thursday less than a week after moving in, completing all their work despite a slightly shortened excursion.
Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repair
Spacewalking astronauts wrapped up months of repair work Friday on the International Space Station 's big robot arm.
Record-setting spacewalk ends with antenna in wrong spot
A record-setting Russian spacewalk ended with a critical antenna in the wrong position Friday outside the International Space Station.
Ariane 5 satellites in orbit but not in right location
Two commercial satellites have been placed in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket but have yet to reach their correct positions, Arianespace said Thursday, after mission control briefly lost contact with the craft in a rare malfunction.
