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Boeing and NASA delay Starliner astronaut return to June 22, nearly doubling mission time to test spacecraft

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A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters Boeing’s Starliner capsule “Calypso” will remain at the International Space Station twice as long as the mission was originally planned, NASA announced Friday. This developmental nature of the mission, known as … Read more

Space travel makes you dumber

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Travel to space should be an eye-opening experienceone that gives you a new perspective humanity and its place in the cosmos. But while you might think an experience like this would make someone infinitely wiser, here’s a new report discovered that space travel could do that make you a little dumber. 2024 BMW X5 50e … Read more

Former astronaut William Anders, who took the iconic Earthrise photo, died in a plane crash in Washington

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SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the first Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo in 1968 that showed the planet as a shadowy blue marble from space was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone crashed into the waters off Washington state’s San Juan Islands collapsed. He was 90. His son, … Read more

The first Boeing Starliner astronaut flight stopped at the last minute

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The apparently star-crossed one Boeing Starliner — within minutes of the long-delayed explosion during the spacecraft’s first piloted test flight — was grounded again Saturday when one of three redundant computers managing the countdown from the base of the launch pad encountered a problem, causing a nuisance -minute scrub caused. Initially, engineers were told to … Read more

Boeing’s Starliner capsule ready for second attempt on first astronaut flight

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Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. NASA and Boeing officials are ready for a second attempt to launch the first crew test flight on the Starliner spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Saturday. Boeing’s Starliner, atop a … Read more

The ISS has a problem with the urine pump. The launch of Boeing’s Starliner astronaut will wash this away.

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A space capsule atop a rocket ship rests against a launch tower.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is ready for its long-awaited first crewed launch. That launch, which will begin the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT (1625 GMT) on Saturday (June 1) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station here , atop a … Read more

Boeing and NASA say the Starliner astronaut launch will go ahead despite spacecraft helium leak

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In this National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awards ceremony, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41, before the NASA Boeing crew. Flight test on May 4, 2024 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. … Read more

The first Boeing Starliner astronaut launch was postponed again due to a helium leak, this time without a new flight date

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The first astronaut mission aboard the Boeing Starliner is grounded indefinitely. Starliner will not launch as planned on Saturday (May 25), which was the latest launch date after several delays in recent weeks. NASA officials communicated the delay late Tuesday (May 21) and did not yet provide a specific cause. But the team has been … Read more