October 21, 2015 Russian Soyuz capsule reaches space station despite stuck solar array A Russian-built Soyuz capsule carrying a crew of three reached the International Space Station late Thursday.
October 21, 2015 NASA awards space taxi contract to Boeing and SpaceX NASA has awarded the space taxi contract to Boeing and SpaceX.
October 21, 2015 Boeing's new spaceship makes strides ahead of NASA space taxi decision The private spaceflight company Boeing has been hard at work designing a capsule that could deliver NASA astronauts to the International Space Station sometime in the next three years.
October 21, 2015 NASA Mars mission to try to turn Martian air into key rocket fuel ingredient: oxygen NASA plans to make oxygen — a key ingredient of rocket fuel — on Mars early next decade.
October 21, 2015 Astronauts simulate deep-space mission in underwater lab Plenty of astronauts practice spacewalks in the water, but a crew currently living in an underwater lab plans to introduce a surprising twist to its aquatic excursions: They will create a 10-minute communications delay with Mission Control, simulating what speaking with people on Earth could be like in deep space.
October 21, 2015 Apollo 11's scariest moments: perils of the 1st manned moon landing Apollo 11 was four minutes into its landing sequence when the terse words of its commander, Neil Armstrong, came from the speaker in Mission Control: "Program alarm."
October 21, 2015 Commercial shipment arrives at space station The International Space Station accepted a fresh delivery of goods Wednesday.
October 21, 2015 Aldrin backs #Apollo45 campaign to commemorate moon landing It has been almost 45 years since an estimated 600 million people on Earth watched Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take their iconic first steps on the moon.
October 21, 2015 NASA's robot astronaut inspiring tech advances here on Earth A humanoid robot aboard the International Space Station is inspiring technology that could be useful to both astronauts and people on Earth.
October 21, 2015 NASA says Russia alone can't end International Space Station work Friction between the United States and Russia over Ukraine won't spell the end of the International Space Station, the head of NASA said Monday.