The Boeing Starliner was deemed unfit to return, so NASA decided to award SpaceX and its Crew Dragon spacecraft the mission of retrieving the stranded pilots in the final months of the Biden administration. Although this recovery mission was already underway when President Donald Trump took office...
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 ...
Shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik is stuck in space while his wife prepares to give birth to their first daughter.
In: International Space Station Boeing Space NASA SpaceX Astronaut William Harwood Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News.©...
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 had successfully reached stable orbit...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.
Boeing and NASA teams working to understand issues with the Starliner spacecraft before it can depart the space station bringing two astronauts home faced additional delays this week from Hurricane Beryl.
NASA announced in December that Williams and Wilmore would begin their return to Earth on March 12. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits.MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images In 2023, Mogensen, who has nearly two decades of ex...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams wears a pirate's eye patch in celebration of Halloween while orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station.(Image credit: NASA) RELATED STORIES: — Boeing Starliner astronaut Suni Williams tak...
LIVE: NASA's stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit. https://t.co/cY1GUZX7GH— The Associated Press (@AP) January 16, 2025 But Starliner trouble dragged out their return, and NASA ordered the capsule to come back empty. Then SpaceX delayed the launch of thei...