“I think they probably put that helmet the way they did because I keep having this reoccurring dream that it’s launch time and I can’t find my helmet,” Wilmore joked. Williams and Wilmore have now suited up in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space C...
A panel of some kind floats away from the Falcon 9 rocket after launch. March 14, 2025.NASA Given an on-time liftoff, the Crew Dragon will carry out an autonomous rendezvous with the space station, catching up with the lab Saturday night and moving in for docking at the space sta...
NASA and Boeing managers decided the leak was too small to pose a safety threat and the ship was cleared for launch. Once in orbit and on the way to the space station, however,four more helium leaks developedand the Starliner's flight computer took seven maneuvering jets offline when the ...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Florida. NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is the first launch with astronauts of the Boeing ...
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. Starliner is designed to carry a seven-person crew, but aboard the "test drive" launch ...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew...
helium leak in the Starliner spacecraft. The additional time will be used to ensure the system’s performance and safety for the flight carrying astronauts Wilmore and Williams to theInternational Space Station. Preparations continue, with the crew remaining in quarantine until closer to the launch....
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...
NASA administrator Bill Nelson kicked off the news conference by marking the historic occasion of Starliner’s successful launch. “The first time that a human was launched into orbit on an American rocket was an Atlas V rocket,” Nelson said. “And now, here all these years later, we’ve...
Williams and Wilmore, who have remained in a standard crew quarantine to protect their health prior to the launch attempt, returned to Houston on May 10 to spend time with their families, according to Boeing. While there, the astronauts also practiced for their flight in Starliner simulators, ...