Mar 02 Watch 4:00 What the SpaceX launch means for America's space program By PBS NewsHour The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Saturday on its way to the International Space Station. If the mission is successful, NASA astronauts could head into space from American soil later this year for… Continue watching
Mar 02 America's newest crew capsule rockets toward space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press America's newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX. Continue reading
Mar 01 WATCH: SpaceX tests Dragon capsule for launching humans into space By Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation The launch window opens on Saturday at 2:49 a.m. EST, and is the first time the privately owned capsule, which is designed to carry humans into space, is testing its ability. Continue reading
Oct 11 U.S., Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing By Dmitry Lovetsky, Associated Press The rescue capsule automatically jettisoned from the booster and went into a ballistic descent, landing at a sharper than normal angle and subjecting the crew to heavy gravitational force. Continue reading
Jan 28 NASA releases first results from 'Year In Space' twin study By Andrew Wagner The first results from NASA’s Year in Space brothers are in, and show glimpses of how stressful a trip to Mars could be for the human body. Continue reading
Sep 22 If this U.S. astronaut can vote from space, you can too By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Kate Rubins, the lone American in orbit, will end up voting for president from the International Space Station, if her homecoming is delayed. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 7:10 Beam me up — NASA experiments with inflatable modules By PBS News Hour Over the weekend, astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station added a module like none other. Think an RV that expands out the back with extra space for sleeping quarters. In the case of the ISS, it was an inflatable… Continue watching
Mar 04 WATCH LIVE: NASA commander Scott Kelly discusses his one-year space mission By Nsikan Akpan At 2 p.m. EST today, astronaut Scott Kelly will be live from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he will share his personal perspective on his 340-day mission in space. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 3:50 Astronaut's record orbit concludes with safe return By PBS News Hour Astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days -- the longest an American has ever been in space -- on the International Space Station before descending into Kazakhstan by capsule Tuesday evening. Kelly’s extraterrestrial sojourn was part of a study on the… Continue watching
Dec 02 Astronauts testify before Congress from space By Associated Press On his 249th consecutive day in space, astronaut Scott Kelly testified before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Kelly spoke about space debris, his relationship with the Russian cosmonauts accompanying him and what it's like to grow things on… Continue reading