New Crew Sets Off for Space Station
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American NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, bottom, Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, center, and Russian Yuri Shargin, top, wave just before their launch at the cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakstan, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004.
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Astronauts entered a newly delivered International Space Station module for the first time Saturday as their colleagues prepared for a second spacewalk of the mission.
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A rookie crew of two Russians and an American had a few scary moments as their craft approached too quickly to the International Space Station for docking before they put on the brakes in time to avoid a potential crash.
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The replacement crew for the International Space Station started two days of preflight exams Monday, part of final preparations to relieve the two-man Russian-American crew finishing a six-month mission.
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The six STS-115 astronauts entered the International Space Station for the first time at 8:30 a.m. EDT Monday, joining the station's Expedition 13 crew.
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The shuttle Atlantis  astronauts moved spacesuits onto the International Space  Station and packed up old equipment to bring home on Sunday,  while scientists prepared for the first experiments in Europe's  new Columbus laboratory.
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The crew of space shuttle Discovery are preparing to lift off on what Nasa calls a "milestone mission".
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Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at its launch pad early Wednesday for a flight to send teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and six crewmates to the international space station.
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THE Russian and US crew of the International Space Station were due to land back on earth in the early hours of this morning. The astronauts were set to hurtle back to Earth inside a Russian space capsule, ending their six-month mission.
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A U.S.-Russian crew prepared Saturday to bid goodbye to the International Space Station and hurtle back to Earth inside a Russian Soyuz space capsule, ending a six-month mission in space.
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HOUSTON â Seven astronauts on board space shuttle Atlantis arrived at International Space Station (ISS) Saturday, delivering a massive European science lab and a fresh crew member to the growing orbital outpost.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The seven-man crew assigned to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to the International Space Station arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for Friday's planned liftoff.
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A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday after approaching so quickly that a danger signal was activated, causing the crew to switch from autopilot to manual control.
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The replacement crew for the International Space Station started two days of preflight exams Monday, part of final preparations to relieve the two-man Russian-American crew finishing a six-month mission.    Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov and U.S...
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Two astronauts left the International Space Station yesterday to finish hooking up a new cooling system that will pave the way for installation of European and Japanese modules beginning this year.
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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are preparing for the mission's first spacewalk.
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The two astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) begin the first spacewalk of their mission.