Boeing Wants Everyone to Please Stop Saying the Starliner ISS Test is a Failure

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly a month, with NASA and its commercial partner repeatedly delaying the crew’s departure aboard the capsule. Despite indefinitely postponing Starliner’s return flight, NASA and Boeing insist that the spacecraft is fully operational, can return to Earth at any time, and that … Read more

Falling space debris is a growing problem that will only get worse

Earlier this year the The peace of a Florida neighborhood was disturbed when a piece of junk from the international space station crashed through a house. This was followed in May by a 90-pound piece of a SpaceX Dragon ship crashing into a camping resort in North Carolina, raising the question: are space agencies doing … Read more

The latest threat to the ozone layer: Elon’s Starlink satellite mega-constellation

Thousands of satellites are currently in low Earth orbit, and some will eventually become defunct and fall back into our planet’s atmosphere. When they reenter the atmosphere, satellites leave behind a trail of chemicals that eat away at the ozone layer. A new study warns that the growing number of internet satellites have contributed to … Read more

Is the Leaky Starliner stuck in the ISS? Boeing and NASA say no despite another postponement

Two NASA astronauts will not return from the International Space Station (ISS) for four days, the latest in a series of delays that have marred the Starliner program for years. Automation never tasted so good NASA and Boeing have postponed the Starliner spacecraft’s undocking for a second time, now targeting June 26 to return the … Read more

Boeing’s Starliner now has five spills while parked outside the ISS

Following a questionable docking at the International Space Station, Boeing managed to deliver a pair of NASA astronauts to the orbital laboratory last week. The stressful Starliner saga continues as the crew capsule develops more leaks in the service module. NASA is currently evaluating its ability to return the duo to Earth. Sonos’ very first … Read more