Swiss team postpones solar plane night flight
Preparations for the world's first solar-powered round-the-world flight hit a major snag Thursday when the Swiss team behind the project was forced to postpone a 24-hour test flight because of an equipment problem. Full story
Soyuz Spaceship Moves to New Docking Port After Delay
A Soyuz spacecraft took a short flight outside the International Space Station Monday to move to a brand new docking port, but only after Mission Control solved a circuit breaker glitch that delayed the space parking spot swap. Full story
Russian Spacecraft Delivers New Crew of 3 to Space Station
This story was updated at 9:59 p.m. ET. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft linked up with the International Space Station Thursday with two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut aboard on a mission that doubled the outpost's population and may see the last NASA shuttle flight ever to visit the orbitin Full story
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Atlantis astronaut is new dad
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