The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely pending the results of new thruster tests and continued analysis of helium leaks that emerged during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday. But agency officials continued to insist that Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams … Read more
The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been put on hold indefinitely pending the results of new thrust tests and ongoing analysis of helium leaks that occurred during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday. But agency officials insisted that Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams … Read more
NASA NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is seen during a 2006 spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The iconic white, puffy suits that astronauts have worn for decades when they leave the International Space … Read more
Astronauts are conducting a “spacewalk assessment” in orbit after a coolant leak canceled a planned excursion on Monday (June 24), NASA officials said in an update. NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mike Barratt stopped the spacewalk while still in the hatch of the International Space Station (ISS), due to a leak in Dyson’s space … Read more
A spacewalk by two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station ended almost as soon as it began Monday morning when water from one of the space suits began spewing into the airlock. “There’s water everywhere,” Tracy Dyson, one of the astronauts, reported to mission control. That was a few minutes after she and Mike … Read more