Starliner astronauts will have to wait longer for return to earth The crew was strapped in and the rocket was ready, but then, the launch was scrubbed at the last minute. As Danya Bacchus reports, that means two NASA astronauts will have to extend their stay in space even longer ...
The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has been delayed yet again, this time due to an automatic abort just minutes before liftoff today (June 1).
Before the successful launch of the Boeing Starliner today, it has been delayed for seven years and has had two failed attempts. The first one was on May 6 but the countdown was stopped after a rocket valve was not performing as it should. Wilmore and Williams, who were already aboard th...
Boeing, NASA, and United Launch Alliance, which is supplying OFT-2'sAtlas V rocket, held a launch readiness review for the mission today (May 17), and everything went well. "It was short; it was very clean. There's really no issues that ULA, Boeing or NASA are working for the launc...
Boeing's Starliner capsule will join a very exclusive club today (May 6), if all goes according to plan. A United Launch AllianceAtlas Vrocket is set to launchStarlinerand its two passengers, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, from Florida'sCape Canaveral Space Force Stationtod...
Teams at NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday the company’s Starliner spacecraft, ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, and ground support equipment are healthy and ready for the next launch attempt. The first Starliner flight with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, known as NA...
Ironically, the launch itself was troubled by a helium leak before the rocket ever left the ground. More recently, the Polaris Dawn mission, which is supposed to feature the first spacewalk by a private crew, was scrubbed by SpaceX due to a helium leak on the launch tower. And to round...
AstronautsButch Wilmore and Suni Williamsarrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, Thursday April 25, in time to prepare for the first launch of the Starliner in around a week-and-a-half. Arriving in a T-38 jet, Wilmore and Williams said they were excited to be in Florid...
Today was the historic launch of Boeing's Starliner with a crew onboard. NBC News' Tom Costello, former astronaut retired Major General Charles Bolden Jr. and Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts join Ana Cabrera to react and share their expertise.June 5, ...
Although Starliner didn’t launch as planned, “we got really close today,” said Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. “The team did a phenomenal job working to the countdown today,” he said. “I know it’s a little disappointing. We were all excited. Butch and ...