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NASA, Boeing Progress on Testing Starliner with Crew at Space Station

By |2024-06-10T18:32:00-04:00June 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test approaches the International Space Station while orbiting 263 miles above Quebec, Canada. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard Starliner docked to the orbital outpost’s forward port on the Harmony module at 1:34 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 6. Photo credit: NASA Orbiting Earth as [...]

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Astronauts Enter Space Station

By |2024-06-07T11:03:00-04:00June 7th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The seven Expedition 71 crew members gather with the two Crew Flight Test members for a team portrait aboard the space station. In the front from left are, Suni Williams, Oleg Kononenko, and Butch Wilmore. Second row from left are, Alexander Grebenkin, Tracy C. Dyson, and Mike Barratt. In the back are, Nikolai Chub, [...]

Boeing’s Crew Flight Test on Starliner Docks to Station

By |2024-06-06T14:06:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts aboard approaches the space station for an autonomous docking as it orbited 257 miles above the South Pacific Ocean. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, successfully docked to the International Space Station at 1:34 p.m. EDT. Starliner launched on a United Launch Alliance [...]

Starliner Approaches Station as Live Coverage Continues

By |2024-06-06T13:30:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2024. Credit: NASA TV NASA’s coverage of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft flight to the International Space Station continues on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. The Starliner spacecraft is performing its careful approach to the space station with [...]

Boeing’s Starliner Approaching Station Live on NASA TV

By |2024-06-06T09:40:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner crew ship approaches the space station during the company’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 mission on May 20, 2022. NASA’s arrival coverage of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station is now underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Docking is scheduled at approximately 12:15 p.m. EDT [...]

NASA to Host Postlaunch News Conference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Starliner Headed to Station

By |2024-06-05T11:29:00-04:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a Boeing Starliner spacecraft launches NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Photo credit: NASA Television NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts are on their way to the International Space [...]

NASA Astronauts, Starliner Inch Closer to Space Station

By |2024-06-05T10:59:00-04:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket booster separates from the Centaur upper stage carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Photo credit: NASA Television The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket booster has separated from the Centaur upper stage carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The Centaur will continue to help [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test ULA Rocket Reaches Max Q

By |2024-06-05T10:56:00-04:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner capsule with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has reached Max Q. The milestone is the moment of peak aerodynamic pressure on the rocket. Following Max Q will be Atlas V booster engine cutoff and separation. 

Liftoff! NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Heads to Space Station

By |2024-06-05T10:54:00-04:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket soars from the pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. ET Wednesday, June 5, 2024, carrying a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA Television We have liftoff! The [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Hatch Closed

By |2024-06-05T09:18:00-04:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing crews close the hatch to the Starliner capsule carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Photo credit: NASA Television Just about one hour remains ahead of liftoff of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station.  Communication checks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are complete. The hatch is [...]

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