Nasa Space Launch

Nasa launches landings and events.
Nasa space launch. Nasa astronaut kate rubins and russian cosmonauts sergey ryzhikov and sergey kud sverchkov launched for a six month stay on the space station from the baikonur cosmodrome in southern kazakhstan. The united states hasn t launched its own astronauts into space since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. Nasa brought the orion spacecraft back to life from the defunct constellation program and successfully test launched the first capsule on december 5 2014 aboard eft 1. Upcoming launches and landings of crew members to and from the international space station and launches of rockets delivering spacecraft that observe the earth visit other planets and explore the universe.
Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv. After a near perfect flight traveling 3 600 miles 5 800 km above earth the spacecraft was recovered for study.