A new thruster failed on the Boeing spacecraft. Also, the Starliner experienced a temporary blackout of its guidance system during reentry. Yet, Boeing suggested that the astronauts return onboard.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth today, marking the conclusion of a mission that has faced significant technical challenges. Launched on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Space ...
In addition to thruster failures, several helium leaks were discovered as the Starliner approached the ISS. The service module, which won’t survive reentry ... NASA and Boeing continue to ...
getting the vehicle back safely.” This was the first test flight for Boeing ... the work the Starliner teams did to ensure a successful and safe undocking, deorbit, re-entry and landing".
Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) Boeing’s leaky Starliner space capsule is poised to hang out at the International Space Station even longer, NASA told reporters Friday. The troubled vehicle is ...
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and her colleague Butch Wilmore were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner ... If the reentry angle is too shallow ...
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which launched in June with two astronauts on board, returned to Earth without its crew. Photo: Agustin Paullier/AFP/Getty ...
In yet another blow to Boeing’s reputation, two astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth next year on a SpaceX vehicle.
The pair has remained on the ISS since technical difficulties during Boeing ... Vehicle” designed with the sole purpose of colliding with ISS, knocking it out of its orbital path and into Earth’s ...
NASA's Starliner astronauts have had their ... NASA shelled out billions of dollars to both Boeing and SpaceX to develop the vehicles as part of its commercial crew program. In recent years ...