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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...
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Boeing’s 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...
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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...
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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 spacecraft’s...
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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...
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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...
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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 Boeing’s Starliner. Now, the duo who have already been on the ISS for a little...
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NASA has postponed Boeing Starliner Crew-9’s return to Earth to give teams time to evaluate the spaceship’s reliability. The delay also allows time for the next SpaceX rotation with the upcoming Soyuz handover, which is scheduled for no...
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A wheel from the landing gear of a Boeing-built United Airlines 757-200 coming out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) fell off during take off. The aircraft, crew, and passengers arrived safely at their final destination, but this...
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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...
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore recently gave a tour of Boeing’s Starliner while docked at the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner successfully launched for the first time with crew onboard last week, en route to...
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Following two aborted launch attempts, NASA finally launched Boeing’s 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...
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Boeing’s 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...
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NASA will attempt to launch Boeing’s 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...
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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...
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NASA hit the abort button on its launch of Boeing’s 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...
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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.
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A series of sonic booms were heard across Central Florida on Saturday, as an autonomous spaceplane returned to Earth. The Boeing X-37B had spent over 900 days in space on a U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force mission.
Residents in Central Florida took to social media in the early morning...
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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...
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We have some disappointing news for those eagerly awaiting the Top Gun-themed expansion pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator. While the expansion pack for the game was initially supposed to launch later this year, that all changed when...
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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...
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Are you stuck in the house and absolutely going insane from dealing with family members, pets that are sick of you being at home instead of at work, and kids that at this point would rather be at school than at home? Well, the folks at...
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