CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two astronauts who were supposed to be back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday they are confident the Boeing space capsule can bring them back safely despite a series of nasty glitches. NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams boarded Boeing’s new Starliner capsule early last month, the first humans … Read more
Harrowing doorbell camera footage showed an excited family preparing for the arrival of a new baby… only to return home in despair with an urn full of ashes from the stillbirth. A couple calling themselves Jessie and Nate, 32, decided to share the shocking clips on TikTok after asking Jessie’s sister and brother-in-law to become … Read more
Science and discovery 05/07/2024 1081 views 12 I like this ESA’s Earth Return Orbiter, the first spacecraft to image an object orbiting another planet, has reached a major milestone by returning the first Martian samples to Earth. Today, the critical design review for the spacecraft platform was completed with the cooperation of European industry and … Read more
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were strapped into their “lifeboat vehicles” and prepared for an emergency evacuation after a defunct Russian satellite broke into hundreds of pieces. That also applied to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which officials said could have reached Earth if debris had crashed into the ISS. “We used Starliner for that … Read more
Nine astronauts on the space station briefly moved to their docked return spacecraft late Wednesday (June 26) when a satellite in low Earth orbit disintegrated. The crew of Expedition 71 of the International Space Station (ISS) took off to their three spacecraft, including Boeing Starliner, shortly after 9:00 PM EDT (02:00 GMT), according to a … Read more
Before Boeing’s first flight with people aboard its Starliner spacecraft earlier this month, the company and NASA repeatedly said a rigorous testing program after years of delays and costly setbacks meant they were finally ready to fly astronauts. They warned about that too, since this was a test flight Everything may not go perfectly to … Read more
NASA has confirmed that pieces of debris found throughout the North Carolina mountains are the remains of SpaceX Crew Dragon hardware that re-entered the atmosphere in May 2024. The largest piece of debris was found on May 22 along a mountain resort hiking trail; it was about the size of a standard car hood and … Read more
NASA has confirmed that pieces of debris found throughout the North Carolina mountains are the remains of SpaceX Crew Dragon hardware that re-entered the atmosphere in May 2024. The largest piece of debris was found on May 22 along a mountain resort hiking trail; it was about the size of a standard car hood and … Read more
After helium leaks and problems with the thrusters of Boeing’s Starliner capsule, NASA has postponed the return date of the International Space Station. On Friday, the agency announced that it no longer has a planned return date. Instead, they will continue to test the capsule, try to understand its problems and see if they can … Read more
The summary The two astronauts who flew Boeing’s Starliner capsule to the International Space Station stayed there longer than expected. NASA pushed back the date for their return trip to Earth again Friday, after several previous delays. The reason for the changes is an investigation into problems with the spacecraft that arose earlier during the … Read more