The Demo-2 Crew Dragon capsule, which its astronaut riders, NASA's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, named Endeavour — after the space shuttle they both first flew into space aboard — has been docked to the forward docking port on the space station's Harmony module since May 31, 2020.
Read MoreFor nearly nine years, the United States relied a Russian spacecraft to get American astronauts to the International Space Station. With the launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and two NASA astronauts, that reliance has ended.
Read MoreLess than 19 hours after soaring into orbit from Florida, SpaceX’s Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken reached the International Space Station.
Read MoreThe final first-generation Dragon spacecraft has been captured by the International Space Station’s robotic arm, marking the final time a SpaceX vehicle is planned to be berthed to the orbiting outpost.
Read MoreWith some 3,700 kilograms of crew supplies and science experiments, the unpiloted NG-13 Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station and was berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module.
Read MoreAfter nearly three months at the International Space Station, the NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft was unberthed, released and commanded to depart the vicinity of the outpost to begin its post-ISS mission.
The spacecraft, named SS Alan Bean, was detached from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module during the morning of Jan. 31, 2020. Several hours later, at about 14:35 UTC, Cygnus was released and slowly drifted away.
Read MoreSpaceX’s CRS-19 Dragon is safely back on Earth today after 33-days in space, including 30 days berthed with the International Space Station. The spacecraft splashed down just off the coast of Baja California on Jan. 7, 2020, carrying several tons of experiments and equipment returned from the ISS.
Read MoreSome 48 hours after an internal clock error prevented the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test Starliner spacecraft from entering the correct orbit to get to the International Space Station, the capsule was commanded to return to Earth.
Starliner landed at 12:58 UTC Dec. 22, 2019, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Using a combination of parachutes and airbags, the capsule gently touched down just before sunrise.
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