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Boeing may be looking to call it quits in terms of its space program after its Starliner debacle caused the company and its employees months of humiliation. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg reportedly wants to offload Starliner, the projects that support the International Space Station, and the majority of the...
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Boeings Starliner spacecraft made a successful return to Earth over the weekend, but not without some additional issues being found. While NASA reported astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams would have been safe on the spacecraft, it also reported a thruster had failed during Starliners...
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NASA and Boeing are preparing to bring the Starliner spacecraft back to Earth, albeit uncrewed. Starliner will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) later today for a rendezvous back on Earth at one of several possible landing sites.
Early in the mission, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and...
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Houston. I have a question about Starliner, is what Butch Wilmore radioed ground control this past Saturday after hearing a strange noise coming through the speaker. The report from Wilmore comes just days ahead of the spacecrafts scheduled departure from the International Space Station (ISS) without any crew...
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Boeing employees are reportedly feeling humiliated after NASA decided to return Starliner crew aboard rival SpaceX's Dragon capsule in February 2025. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunni Williams had been waiting on a decision about how and when they would return home since their arrival at the International...
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While it may seem like NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunni Williams have been stuck in space since arriving at the International Space Station, the space agency is making it clear they are not. Williams and Wilmore arrived at the ISS on June 6, and have been integrated into the Expedition 71 crew while they await...
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were only meant to stay onboard the International Space Station for a week or so in space after docking aboard Boeings Starliner. Now, the duo who have already been on the ISS for a little over two months, may end up having to extend their stay another six...
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NASA has postponed Boeing Starliner Crew-9s return to Earth to give teams time to evaluate the spaceships reliability. The delay also allows time for the next SpaceX rotation with the upcoming Soyuz handover, which is scheduled for no earlier than mid-September.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams...
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Just as NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson was about to exit the International Space Station to perform a spacewalk, she reported to ground control that her spacesuit had sprung a leak. The two astronauts were scheduled to remove a faulty electronics box from a communications antenna on the starboard truss of the space...
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NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will not be returning to Earth this week, as NASA reported the team needs more time to review propulsion system data. As of now, the earliest return for the two astronauts is next Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
After years of delays, the Boeing Starliner successfully...
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore recently gave a tour of Boeings Starliner while docked at the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner successfully launched for the first time with crew onboard last week, en route to the ISS following two prior delays.
Wilmore and Williams arrived...
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Following two aborted launch attempts, NASA finally launched Boeings Starliner on an Atlas V rocket this week. Just one day later, SpaceX completed its fourth test launch of its Starship spacecraft. While the two spacecrafts may sound similar, they are actually have different purposes for furthering space...
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Boeings Starliner finally launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida yesterday, but not without issues. NASA reported it knew about one helium leak before launch, but two more became known post launch.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams rocketed into space at 10:52am EDT on...
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NASA will attempt to launch Boeings Starliner for its historic first crewed mission to the International Space Station later this morning. This launch follows two other attempts that were thwarted close to liftoff because of issues, but as they say, the third time is the charm.
Todays launch attempt of the...
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NASA and Boeing are scheduled to launch the first Starliner crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) later today. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch aboard a ULA Launch Atlas V rocket, along with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams at approximately 12:25pm ET.
It has been a rough go...
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NASA hit the abort button on its launch of Boeings Starliner spacecraft just two hours before it was scheduled for liftoff. NASA, Boeing, and United Launch Alliance are targeting a next possible launch date no earlier than Friday, May 10, 2024.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were already...
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After over a decade of delays, Boeing is finally ready for the first manned test flight of the Starliner spacecraft. The two-person crew will dock with the International Space Station as part of an agreement with NASA.
For all who have been patiently waiting Boeings first manned flight, the wait is nearly...
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A group of biofuel experts have developed a completely new type of fuel using bacteria that could have an energy density greater than most advanced heavy-duty fuels being used today. The new discovery could be used to develop a cleaner and more cost efficient rocket fuel for NASA and other space agencies.
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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner passenger spacecraft successfully launched into space yesterday from Cape Canaveral on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch came nearly two and a half years after its first failed launch attempt.
The Boeing Starliner launched into space at 6:54 p.m...
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Figuring out how the planets formed in our solar system billions of years ago is one of many questions that still perplexes modern science. To try and answer this question, NASA has now launched a nearly $1 billion, 12-year-long mission deep in our solar system near Jupiter to look at the the Trojan asteroids. These...
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Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have received a lot of attention lately in the media. Both companies are incredibly focused on space tourism and have successfully made their first flights. However, several other companies continue to collaborate with NASA and similar agencies. Boeing in particular has been working on...
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After the first window for launch wasscrubbed due to weather on Wednesday, SpaceX and NASA were today able to successfully launch the Demo-2 crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Onboard the Crew Dragon capsule that lifted off from the historic Launch Complex 39 at Cape Canaveral via a Falcon 9...
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