Wearing Boeing spacesuits, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch on June 5, 2024. Miguel J. … Read more
Wearing Boeing spacesuits, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch on June 5, 2024. Miguel J. … Read more
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were originally scheduled to return to Earth on June 14. July 10, 2024, 5:12 AM ET • 5 min read The NASA astronauts who were aboard the first manned space flight aboard Boeing’s Starliner will participate in a press conference Wednesday morning. Flight commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, 61, a former … Read more
TOKYO — A bipartisan NASA bill would formally authorize several ongoing programs and direct the agency to provide reports on topics ranging from the use of the Space Launch System to maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope. The House Committee on Science leadership released the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2024 on July 9, one day … Read more
The International Space Station (ISS) is counting down its days, with retirement just a few years away hanging over the orbital lab. For more than 20 years, the space station served as a home for astronauts in low Earth orbit, but it will soon meet its demise as it plummets through the atmosphere, leaving behind … Read more
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in March as commander of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission. During his time aboard the space base, Dominick shared some stunning images of both the inside and outside of the ISS. Keen photographers will be pleased to know that the astronaut also shares the … Read more
Since fireworks were not allowed on the space station, NASA astronauts improvised with camera flashes to celebrate Independence Day. International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Matthew Dominick experimented with “light painting” — a long exposure in a dark room that illuminates a subject with a light source — during Expedition 71’s Fourth of July free time. … Read more
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
For many astronauts, spacewalking is the ultimate ambition, but only the elite are qualified to do it. And Cady Coleman—who spent six months on the International Space Station in 2010—is quick to point out that it is NOTHING like Sandra Bullock’s glamorous performance in Gravity. Coleman gave the actress in the film advice on how … Read more
NASA officials said that despite an indefinite delay in their return to Earth, the Boeing Starliner crew stuck on the International Space Station due to mechanical problems with their spacecraft are not “stranded” in space. Starliner commander Butch Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams have been cooped up in the space station for weeks following their … Read more