Williams co-piloted the Boeing Starliner spacecraft with commander Butch Wilmore to the ISS in June. NASAdecidedin August after weeks of debate that it would not bring the astronauts back to Earth on the Starliner because of concerns about helium leaks and degraded thrusters. The capsulelandedin ...
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams says "we don't feel abandoned" or "stuck" as space mission stretches on Contrary to a recent social media postfrom President Trump, Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Barry "Butch" Wilmore have not been "virtually abandoned" in space, despit...
In this image, made from NASA TV, US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. ( AP Photo/NASA TV) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s twostuck astronautsgot a much welcomed change of scener...
One of NASA's two stuck astronauts is getting a change of scenery. Suni Williams stepped out on a spacewalk Thursday, her first since arriving at the International Space Station seven months ago.
MORE: Boeing Starliner's first astronaut-crewed flight launch called off due to stuck valve About 15 minutes after the launch, the rocket separated from the spacecraft, allowing Starliner to fly on its own. At 11:24 a.m. ET, Boeing Space said Starliner hadsuccessfully reached s...
“Being able to read the crew displays with a VR headset from a normal position in the capsule was mandatory. Without that, we were really stuck – until we found a headset that worked.” CONNIE MILLER – Software Engineer, BOEING
That's because NASA pulled two other crewmembers -- its original commander Zena Cardman and three-time shuttle flier Stephanie Wilson -- from the flight to make room for two astronauts that have been stuck on the ISS since their Boeing Starliner capsule return to Earth without them on Sept....
During the Apollo lunar missions in the late 1960s and 1970s, the clingy particles were easily transported via spacesuits into the lunar lander following moonwalks. The amount of dust inside the vehicle was so great some astronauts reported they could smell it. ...
Helium tank pressurization was provided by composite over-wrapped Inconel tanks from Arde Corporation, the same model used in Boeing's Delta IV rocket. Stage separation occurred via dual initiated separation bolts and a pneumatic pusher system. All components were space qualified and had flown before...
Constructed as part of the Titan Integrate-Transfer-Launch (ITL) facility at the north end of Cape Canaveral in the early 1960s. Supported a wide variety of military space missions involving Titan IIIC, Titan 34D and Titan IV vehicles.