The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on indefinite hold pending results of new thruster tests and ongoing analysis of helium leaks that cropped up during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA announced Friday. But agency officials insisted Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams are not “stranded” […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft won’t return its two astronauts from the International Space Station until after engineers spend “a couple weeks” on testing to investigate the spacecraft’s thruster issues, a NASA official said on Friday. Starliner, which has been docked to the ISS since June 6 after ferrying its first crew of astronauts there, […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Boeing and NASA announced Friday night that mission officials are again delaying the Boeing Starliner capsule’s return to Earth from the International Space Station. The announcement is only the latest in a string of recent […]
NASA will talk about the delayed return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule during a press conference today (June 18), and you can listen to it live. NASA and Boeing representatives will discuss the progress of Starliner‘s mission at the International Space Station (ISS), which docked June 6 after experiencing several helium leaks and issues […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth from the International Space Station with its first crew of astronauts has been pushed back to June 26, a NASA official said on Tuesday. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were launched aboard Starliner June 5 and arrived at the ISS following a 24-hour flight in which […]
The first astronauts to fly Boeing’s new Starliner vehicle have spoken in glowing terms of the spacecraft. Starliner launched on June 5, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams testing out the spacecraft’s capabilities on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Williams and Wilmore spoke via video link […]
On Episode 114 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk about the launches of Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Starship. Well, we waited, we waffled, and we joked… but Boeing’s Starliner finally made good! Seven or so years after their projected crewed flight date, the second provider of crew delivery to the […]
June 4 (UPI) — After several scrubbed liftoffs, Boeing’s first Starliner crewed mission will try again Wednesday to launch NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on a critical, week-long test flight to the International Space Station. NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday that the Starliner capsule, United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and ground support […]
NASA has set a new launch date for its first astronaut-crewed flight into space on Boeing’s Starliner after scrubbing Saturday afternoon’s launch just minutes before it was due to begin. On Sunday, the agency announced that NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Mission teams are preparing to support a launch at 10:52 a.m. ET on Wednesday, […]
June 1 (UPI) — After several delays, test pilots Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore scheduled launch of the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft was scrubbed Saturday afternoon. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket was set to launch the Starliner into space rom the Space Launch Complex-41 in Florida at […]
After multiple delays, the day has arrived. Starliner is set to send its very first manned spacecraft to the International Space Station on Saturday. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS On the Titusville coast, all eyes are in the sky. Visitors have been flocking to Space View Park since 7 in the morning. “I’m satisfying […]
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including a “design vulnerability” requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule back on track for its first mission carrying two astronauts to space, officials said on Friday. Starliner’s debut crewed mission, a high-stakes test now planned […]