When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Two drogue parachutes from a Boeing Starliner test article successfully deployed during a landing system reliability test above White Sands Spaceport in New Mexico on June 21, 2020. | Source: Boeing Starliner, which sets off without astronauts, will separate… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will bring home two NASA astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station for nearly 80 days due to problems with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft, in a surprising… Read More »
NASA announced Saturday that it will ask SpaceX for help in bringing home two astronauts who have been stranded at the International Space Station since early June after their Boeing spacecraft experienced various problems during flight. The decision to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule rather… Read More »
NASA’s announcement Saturday that it will not use its troubled Boeing capsule to return two astronauts to Earth was another setback for the struggling company, though the financial damage is likely to be less than the reputational damage. Boeing, once a symbol of American engineering and technological ingenuity, suffered a tarnished reputation when two 737… Read More »
NASA astronaut Bob Hines received a special mission shortly after taking the first Boeing Starliner to a spaceport. Hines was one of the astronauts working aboard the International Space Station for the historic first docking of an uncrewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft on May 22, 2022. Flying with SpaceX Crew-4, Hines returned to Earth in October… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. It’s easy to recognize the moon as a silvery orb in the night sky that provides a soft light most evenings. So, have you ever thought about what time it… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. It’s easy to recognize the moon as a silvery orb in the night sky that provides a soft light most evenings. So, have you ever thought about what time it… Read More »
The first Boeing Starliner astronauts returned to the launch site. NASA Crew Flight Test (CFT) astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 28, ahead of the expected Boeing Starliner liftoff on Saturday, June 1. NASA will conduct a delta flight readiness review later today (May… Read More »
Elon Musk criticized Boeing about X before the first astronaut flight into space. SpaceX beat out Boeing by flying NASA astronauts to the space station more cheaply four years ago. Musk said Boeing has “too many non-technical executives.” Elon Musk worsened the day of Boeing’s first astronaut flight into space by criticizing the company on… Read More »
When Suni Williams was assigned to fly on the Boeing Starliner aircraft in 2018, no one predicted it would be a six-year wait. The veteran NASA astronaut and former U.S. Navy test pilot spoke March 22 about the “emotional rollercoaster” the Starliner team has experienced since then through two uncrewed test flights, the pandemic and… Read More »