Docking and berthing of spacecraft

Empty Boeing Starliner Will Hopefully Return To Earth On Friday

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Empty Boeing Starliner Will Hopefully Return To Earth On Friday

Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls The Boeing Starliner’s hatch is closed, and the months-long debacle in low Earth orbit is nearly over. NASA confirmed that the troubled spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station at 6:04 p.m. EDT on Friday. From there, the Starliner will begin an autonomous re-entry with a scheduled landing at White Sands … Read more

Boeing Starliner Could Brick ISS Docking Port If Crew Abandons It

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Boeing Starliner Could Brick ISS Docking Port If Crew Abandons It

Photo: NASA / Frank Michaux NASA is contemplating bringing astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams home from the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and flying the Boeing Starliner back empty. There’s just one problem: Boeing removed the Starliner’s autonomous undocking feature from its software. The aerospace manufacturer wants to push a software … Read more