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NASA, SpaceX Targeting Aug. 18 for Crew-9 Mission to Space Station

By |2024-07-26T17:56:00-04:00July 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 stands in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster at SpaceX’s HangarX facility in Florida. Credit: SpaceX NASA and SpaceX officials announced during a news conference Friday their plan to launch the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 18. Watch a full replay of [...]

NASA, Boeing Discuss Ground Testing, Forward Work for Starliner Return

By |2024-07-25T19:18:00-04:00July 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, approaches the International Space Station for an autonomous docking as it orbited 257 miles above the South Pacific Ocean on June 6, 2024. Photo credit: NASA Television NASA and Boeing leadership provided an update on Starliner’s Crew Flight Test during a news conference [...]

NASA, Boeing Complete Starliner Engine Testing, Continue Analysis

By |2024-07-18T13:03:00-04:00July 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 256 miles above the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, India. [...]

NASA Starliner Astronauts Conduct Research, Maintenance Aboard Station

By |2024-07-12T14:09:00-04:00July 12th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. Photo credit: NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and [...]

NASA, Boeing Conduct Ground Tests Ahead of Starliner Return

By |2024-07-10T17:12:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore speak during a news conference aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Photo credit: NASA Television NASA and Boeing continue working to increase their understanding of the Starliner spacecraft’s propulsion system before the return of agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth from [...]

Crew Flight Test Astronauts Contribute to Station Science, Research

By |2024-07-02T16:48:00-04:00July 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore prepare orbital plumbing hardware for installation inside the International Space Station’s bathroom, also known as the waste and hygiene compartment, located in the Tranquility module. Photo credit: NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, continue [...]

NASA, Boeing Discuss Ground Testing, Starliner Timeline

By |2024-06-28T17:17:00-04:00June 28th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. Photo credit: NASA During a media teleconference Friday, leaders from NASA and Boeing provided an update about Starliner’s Crew Flight Test. The integrated Starliner team [...]

NASA, Boeing Adjust Timeline for Starliner Return

By |2024-06-21T20:05:00-04:00June 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

An aurora streams below Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked to the forward port on the Harmony module as the International Space Station soared 266 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia. Photo credit: NASA/Matt Dominick NASA and Boeing leadership are adjusting the return to Earth of the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft with agency astronauts [...]

NASA, Boeing Update Starliner Crew Flight Test Return from Station

By |2024-06-18T15:33:00-04:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above the Mediterranean Sea. Teams from NASA and Boeing now are targeting no earlier than 10:10 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 25, for the undocking of the Starliner spacecraft from [...]

NASA, Boeing Target June 22 for Flight Crew Test Return

By |2024-06-14T08:46:00-04:00June 14th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

This view from a window on the cupola overlooks a portion of the International Space and shows the partially obscured Starliner spacecraft from Boeing docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. Photo credit: NASA NASA and Boeing now are targeting no earlier than Saturday, June 22, to return the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission [...]

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