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 […]
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 […]
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut capsule was poised for launch on Monday night on a much-delayed first crewed test flight to orbit, as the company scrambles to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a greater share of lucrative NASA business. The CST-100 Starliner with two astronauts […]
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s new Starliner astronaut capsule was poised for a Monday night launch of its long-delayed inaugural crewed test flight to the International Space Station, two years after its first voyage without humans to the orbital laboratory. The gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner with two astronauts […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Boeing’s spaceflight program may reach a significant milestone Monday night with the launch of its Starliner spacecraft, carrying — at long last — two NASA astronauts to orbit. The mission, dubbed the Crew Flight Test, could […]
India is steadily inching toward the first uncrewed flight in its human spaceflight program, Gaganyaan (Sanskrit for “celestial vehicle”). Early last week, the nation’s space agency successfully completed the final test to qualify the test flight’s rocket engine, approving it to be capable of safely ferrying astronauts to space. This engine test was the seventh […]
China is displaying models of the rockets and spacecraft it is developing to send its astronauts to the moon. The event, the “Exhibition of Achievements in China Manned Space Program,” opened in Shanghai at the New International Expo Center on Dec. 29. The exhibition features the Long March 10 rocket, a lunar lander spacecraft and […]
NASA leadership is expected on Tuesday to announce a “months-long delay” to the first crewed mission of the agency’s flagship Artemis program, according to one current and one former NASA employee. The delay affects NASA’s Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts on a journey to fly by the moon and was slated […]