The upcoming U.S. election is expected to be close, meaning every vote will count — including ballots sent from space. NASA says all astronauts on the International Space Station will have the opportunity to vote in November’s election while in orbit around the globe, including the two-person crew that is currently stranded there after arriving … Read more
NASA is still deciding what to do about its two Starliner astronauts who are effectively stranded in space, but says a decision will be made in the next two weeks. Right now, the space agency is looking at a few options for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who departed Earth in early June for … Read more
Houston, we have a problem. SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is being significantly delayed, and it’s all thanks to the issue-riddled Starliner spacecraft, which is taking up docking space and still has no concrete plan for return to Earth. The veteran astronauts who flew to orbit on the Boeing-built vessel continue … Read more
The astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft are confident they’ll get back to Earth safely aboard the vessel, despite weeks of malfunctions and glitches that have left them stuck in space much longer than expected. Test pilots Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore appeared in a NASA-hosted livestream Wednesday from the International Space Station (ISS) looking happy … Read more
Problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have delayed the capsule’s return to Earth yet again. NASA and Boeing announced, now for the fourth time, that the Starliner’s departure date would be delayed until next week at the earliest, as engineers work to resolve a long list of issues … Read more
