The launch of Boeing’s already delayed Starliner spacecraft is slipping at least four more days, from next Tuesday to May 25 because of ongoing work to resolve concerns about a small helium leak in the capsule’s propulsion system, officials said Friday. Mission commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams are now aiming for launch […]
The crewed debut of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been pushed back an additional four days. Starliner had been scheduled to lift off this Friday (May 17) on Crew Flight Test (CFT), a mission that will send NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station (ISS) for a roughly eight-day stay. But […]
Boeing’s Starliner capsule has left the launch pad. Starliner and its rocket ride, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V, rolled off the pad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (May 8), heading to an assembly building at the site so scientists can replace a misbehaving valve in the launcher’s upper stage. The […]
The first-ever crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been delayed an additional week, thanks to a “buzzing” valve on its rocket ride. That launch, which will kick off a mission known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), was originally supposed to take place Monday night (May 6) from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The long-awaited first crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will be delayed for more than a week after engineers identified an issue that halted launch preparations on Monday. Starliner’s next opportunity to lift off on its […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s first astronaut launch is off until late next week because of a bad valve in the rocket that needs to be replaced. The countdown was halted Monday night after a pressure-relief valve in the Atlas V rocket’s upper stage opened and closed so quickly and so many times that […]
The first crewed flight of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule has been pushed to the end of the week due to a technical issue. Starliner was supposed to launch late Monday night (May 6) on Crew Flight Test (CFT), a roughly 10-day mission that will carry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and […]
Boeing (BA) delayed the launch of its Starliner space capsule Monday after identifying a faulty oxygen relief valve just hours before liftoff. Early Tuesday, NASA said the launch, which was expected to carry two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), would be rescheduled to “no earlier than Friday, May 10.” “The delay allows teams […]
Elon Musk criticized Boeing on X ahead of its first astronaut flight to space. SpaceX beat Boeing to the punch, flying NASA astronauts to the space station four years ago for cheaper. Musk said Boeing has “too many non-technical managers.” Elon Musk soured the day of Boeing’s first astronaut flight to space by lobbing criticism […]
The stage is set for some space history to be made tonight as two veteran NASA astronauts aim to launch in a spacecraft that has never flown with humans before. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will climb aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule and lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape […]
CAPE CANAVERAL — Atlas V is a venerable rocket, but it’s about to break new territory: Carrying humans instead of uncrewed missions on board. United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket has been in service for two decades, carrying missions like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter or the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission to asteroid Bennu since 2002. […]
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (ULA Photo) The countdown is on for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi, which comes after years of setbacks and $1.5 billion in cost overruns. Liftoff is set for 10:34 […]