A commercial vessel carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into trouble shortly after liftoff Friday.
Science experiments by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity have been put on hold as engineers troubleshoot a problem with its computer.
A commercial cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday under a billion-dollar contract with NASA that could lead to astronaut rides in just a few years.
A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday, and flight controllers scrambled to fix the problem.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule that launched Friday morning to bring supplies to the International Space Station has hit a snag. Three of the four rocket thrusters are having problems that flight controllers are trying to fix.
The International Space Station is about to get another commercial shipment.
China will send three astronauts on a mission to its orbiting space station this summer as part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth, the manned space program said Thursday.
You may not have noticed it, but for several weeks last year, the Earth was surrounded by an extra ring of radiation.
China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth.
