NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) scrubbed Saturday’s Starliner launch opportunity due to the computer ground launch sequencer not loading into the correct operational configuration after proceeding into terminal count. The ULA team is working to understand the cause. The next launch op...
—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...
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. ...
The Starliner was supposed to launch Monday, May 9, but an issue with a valve on the upper stage of United Launch Alliance’s rocket emergedjust two hours before liftoff, prompting the flight to be scrubbed. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had just been strapped into their se...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad illuminated by spotlights at Space Launch Complex 41 on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA, Boeing, and ULA have postponed the Boeing Crew Flight Test until May ...
Besides the Starliner, space agency officials will also discuss ongoing ISS operations and the SpaceX Crew-9 mission. NASA announced on Tuesday that due to the Starliner issue, it is no longer targeting August 18 for the Crew-9 launch and is instead looking to begin the mission no earlier ...
The update has arrived at a fraught time for NASA and Boeing. The Crew-9 members, who are scheduled to replace the current Crew-8 aboard the ISS, cannot arrive at the station until a free docking port opens up. The preferred Harmony module is currently being occupied by ...
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 ...
A panel of experts is about to share an update on the mission From CNN's Ashley Strickland In this screen grab from video, a panel of experts holds a news conference about the scrubbed Starliner launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 1. ...
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. ...