A Russian launch vehicle carrying the Progress M-27M cargo ship lifts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Fears mounted Wednesday that the unmanned cargo capsule was lost and may plunge back to Earth as ground control failed to gain control of the orbiting ship for a second day in a row. Roscosmos/EPA /Landov hide caption
The SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule nears the International Space Station on Friday, as astronauts prepare to snag it with a robotic arm. NASA TV hide caption
Astronaut Terry Virts points to his helmet as he sits inside the International Space Station on Wednesday. AP hide caption
Expedition 45 poses for a Star Wars themed portrait NASA hide caption
An image provided by SpaceX showing the barge that was used in an unsuccessful attempt to recover the Falcon 9 first stage. AP hide caption
The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. John Raoux/AP hide caption
International Space Station Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore holds up the first object made in space with 3-D printing on Nov. 25. NASA hide caption
The new capsules are being built by Boeing and SpaceX. They look similar, but there are differences. SpaceX, The Boeing Company hide caption
In a photo provided by NASA, the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launches with the Cygnus spacecraft aboard, on Sunday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Bill Ingalls/AP hide caption
Leave it to the Italians to design a capsule-based espresso system for astronauts who miss their morning cup. Andrea Guermani/Courtesy of Lavazza hide caption
The new ISSpresso orbital espresso machine. Argotec hide caption
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a news conference in Berlin on Monday. Bolden said no single country was indispensable to the International Space Station's success. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption
From left: U.S. astronaut Steve Swanson, and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev prior to the launch of their Soyuz-FG rocket Wednesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP hide caption
Russian personnel are the first to meet space station crew members when they return to earth. Bill Ingalls/NASA hide caption
