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  Soyuz spacecraft docks with space station

  World | May 29, 2013 18:51 IST

  Moscow, May 29: The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft, carrying three new crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), docked with the station Wednesday, a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos said."The spacecraft automatically docked with

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  Ammonia leak detected in US section of space station

  World | May 10, 2013 17:45 IST

  Moscow, May 10: An ammonia leak was detected in the cooling system in the US section of the International Space Station, a Russian space agency official said Friday."Yes, there was indeed an ammonia leak. It

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  Three astronauts return to Earth from space station

  World | March 16, 2013 20:14 IST

  Moscow, Mar 16: A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed Saturday morning on the steppes of Kazakhstan, safely returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to

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  Dragon ship back on Earth after space station trip

  World | October 29, 2012 17:03 IST

  Cape Canaveral, Florida, Oct 29: An unmanned Dragon freighter carrying a stash of precious medical samples from the International Space Station parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, completing the first official shipment under a

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  Shuttle Astronauts Busy With Space Station Stockpiling

  World | July 11, 2011 19:08 IST

  Cape Canaveral, Florida, Jul 11: The astronauts on NASA's final space shuttle flight got cracking Monday on all their supply delivery work, successfully hoisting a giant trunk out of Atlantis and attaching it to the