
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works near a hatch in the Harmony node of the International Space…

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano reads over an HTV-4 procedures checklist.

Astronaut Karen Nyberg prepares to release the HTV-4.

In 2013, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility added a C-130 Hercules to its fleet of aircraft

The support gantry at Pad 0B of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., was…

The doors of the gantry support structure are opened to reveal the Minotaur V rocket on Pad 0B at the…

This artist's concept shows the general locations of NASA's two Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 1 (top) has sailed beyond our solar…

This artist's concept shows the outer layers of our solar bubble, or heliosphere, and nearby interstellar space. NASA's Voyager 1…

The Japanese HTV-4 unmanned cargo spacecraft is surrounded by the darkness of space following its unberthing and release from the…

The Japanese HTV-4 unmanned cargo spacecraft is backdropped against clouds following its unberthing and release from the orbital outpost.