NASA’s announcement Saturday that it won’t use a troubled Boeing capsule to return two stranded astronauts to Earth is a yet another setback for the struggling company, although the financial damage is likely to be less than the reputational harm. Once a symbol of American engineering and technological prowess, Boeing has seen its reputation battered … Read more
NASA has announced that astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth next February aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. The announcement at a press conference today caps off months of speculation about the best plan to safely bring the astronauts home after malfunctions with their ride, Boeing’s Starliner capsule, postponed their departure from the … Read more
Photo: Polaris Program/John Kraus SpaceX, somehow not the worst American space company, has long had big plans for its missions. From spacewalks to killing the International Space Station, the company always seems interested in unprecedented stunts. Now, SpaceX is rolling that spacewalk plan in with another: Sending tourists 870 miles from Earth, with no airlock. … Read more
Photo: NASA An interesting dilemma has cropped up as NASA weighs its options on handling the problem-plagued Boeing Starliner currently docked to the International Space Station. If astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were to hitch a ride back to Earth on a Space-X Crew Dragon, they would need new spacesuits. Boeing’s intravehicular activity suits … Read more
When NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner craft, they thought they’d spend eight days in orbit camping out and monitoring their craft before returning to Earth. However, issues with Starliner mean the pair has been stuck in space for more than 70 days and … Read more
Two astronauts are currently stuck on board the International Space Station more than 50 days after they were initially scheduled to fly back to Earth. Now, issues with the Boeing Starliner craft they used to reach the ISS mean that Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams may now be stranded in space until the new … Read more
Boeing isn’t just having problems on Earth where plane production is facing questions from the top-tier of the U.S. Government, it’s also having issues in space as well. The American company flew two astronauts to the International Space Station last month and leaks onboard its spacecraft mean it hasn’t been able to return them home, … Read more
Photo: NASA/Roscosmos Enjoy the social media posts from astronauts while you can. NASA announced earlier this week the details of how the International Space Station will die. The space agency stated that astronauts will remain onboard as long as possible while the station’s orbit decays. When the crew finally departs, SpaceX will deliver the coup … Read more
Photo: NASA The Boeing Starliner is still docked to the International Space Station on its debut crewed mission. Due to issues with the spacecraft, the mission surpassed the 26-day mark on Friday. The NASA flight test was initially scheduled to last 10 days. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams don’t have a set date when … Read more
(NewsNation) — NASA has awarded a contract that would potentially be valued at $830 million to Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to develop a vehicle capable of deorbiting the International Space Station. NASA announced on Wednesday that SpaceX had been awarded the contract to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that would have the ability to … Read more
