If you go somewhere expecting an eight-day trip and can’t leave for eight months, most people would consider that “being stranded.” That’s what happened to two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June. During the test flight, the propulsion system failed, and… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: NASA Boeing’s two Starliner astronauts could learn their fate within the next two weeks — but for now NASA doesn’t know when the duo will return home. So for now, the spacecraft’s crew, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. One of China’s Long March 6A rockets has disintegrated in low Earth orbit, creating a debris cloud of hundreds of pieces, according to space debris monitoring organizations. The rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch… 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 two months ago, they left their bags and took with them a critical piece of equipment. Leading the first crewed flight… Read More »
NASA is considering keeping the two astronauts who carried the Boeing capsule to the International Space Station there until February because of problems the spacecraft experienced during flight. The agency said Wednesday that it was still evaluating options for returning NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams safely to Earth and that no plans had… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Two U.S. cents seen being packed for flight are now the last cents sent into space on NASA missions. | Source: NASA/collectSPACE.com It’s been said that a penny doesn’t go a long way these days, and NASA has now… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Canadarm2 releases the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft from the International Space Station. | Source: NASA The Canadian robotic arm on the International Space Station is days away from reaching a major milestone. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced today… Read More »
Their high-risk mission was supposed to last about a week, but 56 days later, two NASA astronauts are still waiting at the International Space Station as teams on the ground try to find a way to get them home safely aboard the Boeing spacecraft they launched into orbit. The troubled Starliner capsule has two problems:… Read More »
SpaceX quickly launched three Falcon 9 rockets over the weekend, putting 67 Starlink satellites into orbit in three days after receiving approval to resume launches following a rare in-flight failure on July 11. SpaceX kicked off its return to flight early Saturday with the launch of 23 Starlink internet satellites from Kennedy Space Center, followed… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Boeing’s Starliner docked with the International Space Station during Crew Flight Test in July 2024. | Source: NASA Boeing’s Starliner aircraft will soon conduct a “hot fire” test in orbit as NASA and the company continue to investigate the… Read More »