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 »
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 »
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA’s decision to send Boeing’s Starliner capsule home without astronauts comes after years of missteps by the aircraft maker in its space business and casts doubt on the unit’s future, analysts and industry sources said. Taking NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station (ISS)… 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 »
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. 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 »