Amid spacewalk preparations, the Russians launched a Progress supply ship, monitored its automated docking with the space station and then adjusted the lab's orbit to avoid a piece of space debris. Read More...

In a major milestone for the space station program, a commercial cargo capsule loaded with experiment samples returned to Earth Sunday, plunging back through the atmosphere to a Pacific Ocean splashdown.
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Space station commander Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide plan a Nov. 1 spacewalk to isolate a small, but growing leak in a solar array ammonia coolant loop. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Thursday, boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

Two rookie cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran rocketed into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Tuesday and set off after the International Space Station. Read More...

Facing a particularly intense first week in space, two cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran geared up for launch early Tuesday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft bound for flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

The Curiosity Mars rover is processing its first soil sample in an instrument designed to identify the minerals present in soil and rock samples. A small shiny fragment near the rover is thought to be naturally occurring. Read More...

A commercial cargo capsule loaded with a half-ton of supplies and equipment was captured by the International Space Station's robot arm early Wednesday after a flawless final rendezvous.
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Soprano Sarah Brightman, believed to be one of the world's wealthiest classical crossover performers, has bought a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for a 10-day visit to the International Space Station. Read More...

SpaceX engineers are reviewing telemetry to figure out what caused a dramatic first stage engine failure Sunday night during launch of a commercial cargo ship bound for the International Space Station. Read More...

An unmanned cargo capsule built by SpaceX under a $1.6 billion commercial contract with NASA was boosted into orbit Sunday on its first operational flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will spend a full year aboard the International Space Station in 2015-16, twice as long as current crews, to collect medical data on long-duration spaceflight.
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The Mars Curiosity rover is pausing for a few weeks near fine-grained sand dunes to scoop up soil and run it through the vehicle's sample acquisition system to clean out lingering traces of Earth's environment.
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