Space Station

Space Station Crew Captures Soyuz Launch, As Seen from Orbit

Just how much activity on Earth can be seen from orbit? In the dark of night, the Soyuz rocket launch…

12 years ago

Watch “Fast-Track” Launch of Soyuz Live

Live video by Ustream Watch live the first "fast-track" human Soyuz flight to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-08M…

12 years ago

Chris Hadfield’s Top 5 Videos from Space

Chris Hadfield -- the ever-tweeting, always charming Canadian running the space station these days -- has had an eventful few…

12 years ago

Gallery: Dragon Splashes Down Successfully

Splashdown! The SpaceX Dragon has returned home safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 16:36 UTC (12:36 p.m. EDT)…

12 years ago

SpaceX Dragon Departs Station for Pacific Splashdown with Valuable Science Cargo

The SpaceX Dragon commercially developed cargo craft loaded with thousands of pounds of precious science samples has departed from the…

12 years ago

Expedition 34 Crew Gets a Foggy Welcome Home

Three members of the Expedition 34 crew undocked from the International Space Station a day later than originally planned on…

12 years ago

Former Navy SEAL Survived ‘Hell Week’ En Route to Space

If a meteor hit the station, or a fire suddenly broke out, you'd want some pretty quick-thinking people on board…

12 years ago

O Canada! Hadfield Becomes First Canadian Commander of ISS

With the Canadian national anthem playing, astronaut Chris Hadfield accepted the “keys” to the International Space Station from outgoing Expedition…

12 years ago

The Challenges of Photography Aboard the ISS

Don Pettit has always been one of our favorite astronauts. From his "Saturday Morning Science" and "Science Off the Sphere"…

12 years ago