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NASA Astronauts Complete Key Rehearsal Before Boeing Crew Flight Test

By |2024-04-26T14:00:00-04:00April 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

From left to right, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore pose for photos at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following their arrival for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Photo credit: Frank Michaux Launch preparations are moving full steam ahead to send two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing’s [...]

NASA Flight Test Readiness Review Concludes, Teleconference to Follow

By |2024-04-25T15:45:00-04:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mission managers with NASA, Boeing, and United Launch Alliance gather on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete a Flight Test Readiness Review for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to [...]

Dreams Become Reality for NASA’s Boeing Flight Test Crew

By |2024-04-25T14:57:00-04:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hug after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Chris Stevens Momentum is building for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test launch, scheduled for Monday, May 6, 2024. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni [...]

NASA, Boeing Crew Lands in Florida for Starliner Mission

By |2024-04-25T13:14:00-04:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test Crew Butch Wilmore (left), and Suni Williams (right) arrive in Florida on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Photo credit: NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams landed April 25, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a short flight from Ellington Field [...]

NASA, Boeing Crew Fly Jet to Florida for Starliner Launch

By |2024-04-25T09:31:00-04:00April 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams in T-38 pre-flight activities at Ellington Field on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Photo credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz The two NASA astronauts that will fly aboard a new spacecraft for the first time to the International Space Station are on their way on Thursday to the agency’s [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Mission

By |2024-04-22T17:59:00-04:00April 22nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The official crew portrait for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Left is Suni Williams, who will serve as the pilot, and to the right is Barry “Butch” Wilmore, spacecraft commander. Photo credit: NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who are set to launch to the International Space Station on Monday, May 6, entered [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Begins Stacking Operations

By |2024-04-16T11:39:00-04:00April 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, set to carry NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station, passes in front of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA teams joined Boeing on [...]

NASA, Boeing Prep Starliner to Join Rocket Ahead of Crew Flight Test

By |2024-04-15T10:00:00-04:00April 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 4, 2022. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux The spacecraft set to carry two NASA astronauts on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station is ready to move [...]

NASA, Boeing Update Launch Date for Starliner’s First Astronaut Flight

By |2024-04-02T16:44:00-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 4, 2022. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux Following a review of the International Space Station operations, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test now is targeting no earlier than Monday, May 6, for Starliner’s [...]

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-30: Liftoff at 4:55 p.m. EDT

By |2024-03-21T17:10:00-04:00March 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after its liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, on the company’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is expected to spend about [...]

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