Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. As astronauts and engineers like to say, space is tough, but that has never stopped bright minds from dreaming big. A Seattle-based company has revived NASA’s spaceplane plans, which were abandoned in 2001… Read More »
Boeing’s crew-carrying space capsule, Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person crew just after midnight Eastern time on September 7, 2024. The remote-controlled return capped a grueling test flight to the International Space Station that left two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, months longer than planned after NASA deemed the capsule unsafe to… Read More »
Starliner has landed. Boeing’s troubled spacecraft has finally returned home, but two NASA astronauts who headed to the International Space Station in June are still in orbit. After problems with the Starliner’s propulsion system during its approach to the space station in June, NASA officials decided not to send astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore… Read More »
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 »
Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft — not trusted by NASA to bring its crew home safely from the International Space Station — equipped to leave Friday and a pilotless return to Earth to end a disappointing journey test flight It was damaged by helium leaks and thruster problems. The Boeing spacecraft, leaving behind Starliner commander Barry… Read More »
NASA is shifting two female astronauts, including the commander, to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s next crew rotation flight, freeing up two seats for the agency’s Starliner astronauts to head home next February. Rookie Crew 9 commander Zena Cardman and veteran Stephanie Wilson will stay behind when the Crew Dragon ferry ship carrying crewmate… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left Earth for the International Space Station nearly three months ago, they left their bags and took with them a significant amount of equipment. Leading the crewed flight… 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 »