NASA announces new launch date for Boeing's Starliner astronaut-crewed mission after NASA announced that Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission will be launching on June 1 after several delays, the most recent being due to a small helium leak. ...
After calling off the launch of Boeing Space’s Starliner spacecraft on Saturdaywith just minutes to go, NASA says it’s now aiming to send the vehicle on its first crewed mission at 10:52 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 5. United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket will launch NASA...
NASA has announced a new target date for the first crewed flight of Boeing Space’s Starliner spaceraft. The space agency said Wednesday that it’s now targeting no earlier no earlier than 6:16 p.m. ET on May 17 for the launch of the Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft from the ...
—NASA, Boeing delay Starliner capsule's 1st astronaut launch to early May The first operational mission for Starliner, known as Starliner-1, is set for early 2025 at the earliest. The crew for that mission is NASA's Scott Tingle, NASA's Mike Fincke and the Canadian Space Agency's Jo...
Another shot of the Starliner's service module as the spacecraft was lifted for attachment to its Atlas 5 launcher.United Launch Alliance While docked at the station, valves are closed to isolate the helium system, eliminating any additional leakage. But once Wilmore and Williams depart and head...
The NASA, Boeing, and ULA teams remain committed to ensuring a safe Starliner flight test. Wilmore and Williams will remain quarantined in Houston as prelaunch operations progress. They will fly back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida closer to the new launch date. The duo is the ...
Another shot of the Starliner's service module as the spacecraft was lifted for attachment to its Atlas 5 launcher.United Launch Alliance While docked at the station, valves are closed to isolate the helium system, eliminating any additional leakage. But once Wilmore and Williams depart and head...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams depart Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, June 5, 2024.Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images ...
Today’s launch was a monumental moment for the two astronauts heading for space. But what goes up must come down. After Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend eight days aboard the International Space Station, they’ll come home in their Starliner capsule. ...
Boeing's Starliner capsule, sitting atop an Atlas V rocket, stands ready for launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. John Raoux/AP NASA and Boeing have since worked with the vendor of the thruster to come up with a backup way to perform the deorbit burn, should that situation ...