Damage to the container of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus space station cargo spacecraft, which was sustained during shipping, means NASA is depending on the SpaceX Dragon getting to the ISS to provide needed supplies. As Dina Contella, deputy manager of the ISS program, understated, the mission is "really important to us." ®

NASA and SpaceX made another attempt on Friday to send a crew up to the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the return of a pair of astronauts.