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A loud whoosh, faint smoke trail and billowing parachutes marked a successful demonstration Wednesday by SpaceX of its Crew Dragon spacecraft abort system - an important step in NASA’s endeavor to rebuild...

Two tons of supplies and research cargo are headed to the International Space Station today following the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. After a one-day delay due to strong...

Launch of the Cygnus spacecraft was supposed to be the start of the third of Orbital Science Corporation’s eight NASA-contracted resupply missions to the International Space Station. Instead, Orbital and...

U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaking contracts NASA announced Tuesday. The agency unveiled its...

Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) Flight System hardware. Image is credited to NASA/JPL-Caltech. NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to...

With two companies now providing commercial cargo launch services for the International Space Station, NASA is issuing its final report on the now-complete Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station Sunday used a robotic arm to capture and attach the Cygnus supply spacecraft, which carried dozens of new science experiments from across the country and the...

Marking the beginning of regular supply runs to the International Space Station, Orbital Sciences Corporation sucessfully launched its Cygnus cargo craft aboard Antares rocket January 9 from the Mid-Atlantic...

Antares on the launch pad for the Cygnus Orb-1 launch from Wallops. Photo Credit: Mike Killian 1/8/14 7:00 am EST UPDATE: Early this morning the Antares launch team decided to scrub today's launch attempt...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket blasts off with SES-8. Credit: Matthew Travis / Zero-G News Bird-watchers on the beaches of Cape Canaveral will have to wait a few more days to see Florida's first satellite...