How NASA Prepares a Space Capsule for Launch

After nearly a year in space, Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko say goodbye to the ISS and its new crew.

1st Squadron 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade flew one last flight over Fort Bragg and Fayetteville North Carolina, setting a Guinness world record for the largest formation of aircraft in the process.

The nonprofit Kindness.org encourages people to create small ripples of kindness with the goal of creating massive waves of change. It’s coupling action initiatives with research to measure impact.

Without any medical explanation or warning, Nick Vujicic was born in 1982 with a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. The son of Serbian immigrants, Vujicic spent most of his childhood struggling with depression, but after a suicide attempt, he decided to concentrate on what he did have instead on what he didn't.

Upon realizing her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped school in August 2018 to protest outside the Swedish parliament. What started as a one-person strike soon gained global momentum. In this documentary, VICE follows Thunberg and the organizers of the school strikes for climate as they were cementing a worldwide movement ahead of their first global protest, which took place on March 15, 2019. It was the biggest climate strike in history, with up to 1.6 million students in more than 125 countries.

When first spotted from the shore, this drowning puppy wasn't even moving—and the man who found him knew had to think fast to bring him back to life. He started by pressing on the puppy’s belly and holding him upside down, but his efforts didn’t seem to be working. With time running out, the man continued to administer CPR, and the puppy finally began to whimper, showing signs of life. With the pup still struggling, his rescuer had an idea: He grabbed a plastic water bottle and created a makeshift funnel that would allow him to get more air directly into the puppy’s lungs. After a few minutes, his quick-thinking efforts paid off, and the puppy began breathing on his own.

After losing his legs in a grenade blast in Iraq, 101st Airborne Ranger Heath Calhoun finds freedom in an unlikely location—on the ski slopes of Aspen, Colorado. Watch the trailer for the award-winning documentary by Tyler Stableford.

Places Like This is the story of a group of veterans embarking on a six day winter expedition into the Colorado wilderness hoping to use nature to nurture old wounds. Through the Outward Bound program for veterans, eleven strangers come from all over the country seeking peace, answers and direction by using the wilderness as a vessel to carry them both spiritually and physically to reach a peak of more than 13,000 feet. Each veteran will take the same path to a different destination in this visually stunning and emotionally charged documentary short. (Video courtesy Nick McNaughton)

An accident had crushed Pascale's dreams of surfing until a family friend came up with an idea. She says: "It's really shown me that you can still have a dream, and things are possible." See her ride the waves in this film by Mark Tipple.

In June 2016, Coca-Cola began testing Arctic Coke coolers in select Speedway Convenience Stores in Indianapolis. The cooler works with Coke, of course, but it can turn any drink into a slushy treat.

A Cincinnati woman says she was having trouble breathing when the man credited with developing the Heimlich maneuver stepped in to save her life.

After nearly a year in microgravity, a return to Earth included some unusual issues.

Charlie was presumed dead. Now he's having a bittersweet reunion with his owner, thanks to a microchip.

Through the Mars Opportunity Rover, NASA provides a virtual tour of Mars with 360-degree photos.

A five-hour drive north of San Francisco, California’s fog-shrouded Humboldt Coast is a land apart from the traffic and bustle of California’s urban centers. There are year-round photography opportunities here ranging from crashing winter storm waves to brilliant spring wildflowers; from towering redwoods to rushing mountain streams.

The astronaut walks through the series of small steps that led him to NASA and space.

Daniel Morris traveled to the National Coca-Cola Collectors Convention in Reston, Va. with a mission – to acquire a sought-after Hi-Fi Club banner. Follow his journey here.

Olken was orphaned and gravely ill when he met cardiologist Clint in post-earthquake Haiti. See their moving story in this film from the Chadasha Foundation posted by Ben K. Moser.

Brian Kucharik kept daughter and food steady in one arm as he calmly grasped a ball whirring toward his seat.

17-year-old Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini will swim for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016.

This trailer from the While I'm Here Project features Ed Nicholson, the founder of Project Healing Waters, through his journey in Montana.

A taste of the intense conditions a spacecraft and the astronauts it carries will endure when they return to Earth.

Children "see us as courageous and strong, responsible and often times indestructible," says filmmaker Tyler Jordan. But when they play, "we see there are times when some of these traits can be stronger in them."

Wallflowerᵀᴹ Urban Garden designed by Haldane Martin, is a modular planter system that is designed to enable city dwellers to grow veggies and other plants on vertical walls, thereby greening the concrete jungle. (Video courtesy Haldane Martin)

Serene footage shows Canada's Green Cove, Cape Breton.

An accident had crushed Pascale's dreams of surfing until a family friend came up with an idea. She says: "It's really shown me that you can still have a dream, and things are possible." See her ride the waves in this film by Mark Tipple.

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Tim Payne trains for the Invictus Games, 2016.

In Iceland, scientists and engineers are fighting climate change by injecting carbon dioxide deep into volcanic rocks.

Orcas, Risso's Dolphin and Common dolphins in California's Monterey Bay on November, 6, 2015. (Video courtesy Tricky Warthog)

Veterans and residents of Alaska talk about why they live there and what it means to them.

This trailer for the While I'm Here Project features Mississippi Bluesman Leo "Bud" Welch. At the age of 83, Leo has just released his first ever blues CD after years of working on farms and in the logging industry. Just a couple years ago, Leo began being recognized for his music. His story teaches us that it's never too late to chase your dreams.

Vietnam Veteran and Outward Bound Course Director Bob O'Rourke talks about the magic of the wilderness. (Video courtesy Nick McNaughton)