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NASA Astronauts Suited Up, Head to Launch Pad

By |2024-05-06T19:25:00-04:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on Monday, May 6, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, are suited up and [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Key Launch Milestones

By |2024-05-06T18:54:00-04:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, May 6, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Photo credit: NASA In less than four hours, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Suiting Up

By |2024-05-06T18:41:00-04:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams perform checks of their Boeing spacesuits in the crew suit-up room inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, May 6, 2024. Photo credit: NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are being [...]

Watch Live: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Coverage Underway

By |2024-05-06T18:30:00-04:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, May 6, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Photo credit: NASA NASA’s coverage of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is underway [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test: Atlas V Fueling Underway

By |2024-05-06T16:56:00-04:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolls out from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, May 4, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson Following a poll for fueling [...]

Weather 95% ‘Go’ for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

By |2024-05-05T13:11:00-04:00May 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

From left to right, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose for a picture after a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Saturday, May 4, 2024 [...]

NASA Astronaut Continues Legacy of Discovery, Adventure with Starliner Calypso

By |2024-05-04T14:13:00-04:00May 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

From left to right, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore pose in front of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in the early morning of Tuesday, April 16, 2024, outside the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will take the astronauts to the International Space Station [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Rolls to Pad

By |2024-05-04T13:09:00-04:00May 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, May 4, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET Monday, May 6. Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky [...]

NASA and Boeing ‘Go’ for Crew Flight Test Mission

By |2024-05-03T14:06:00-04:00May 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Officials from NASA, Boeing, ULA (United Launch Alliance) , and the U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron participate in a prelaunch briefing for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Friday, May 3, 2024. Photo credit: NASA NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) officials discussed final prelaunch details [...]

NASA to Hold Prelaunch News Conference Following ULA Launch Readiness Review

By |2024-05-03T10:52:00-04:00May 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Plans to send two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket early next week remain [...]

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