Space

A report from the space agency’s office of the inspector general pins the blame on the aerospace giant’s mismanagement and inexperienced workforce.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the International Space Station for more than two months despite an intended eight-day stay.

According to reports, NASA is weighing Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ return on a SpaceX Dragon.

For more than 50 years, the beloved Charles Schulz cartoon character has served as NASA’s mascot of the manned spaceflight program.

The effort aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule is expected to launch Saturday at 11:28 a.m. EDT.

The Boeing spacecraft was supposed to remain at the International Space Station for eight days but has seen its stay extended to nearly two months.

The regulator on Thursday said the vehicle is safe to return to action, including upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 and Polaris Dawn missions in August.

No existing spacecraft meets the propulsive needs of the U.S. deorbit vehicle, which will bring the International Space Station back to Earth.

New Zealand manufacturer Dawn Aerospace is developing ‘an aircraft with the performance of a rocket’ for suborbital space transportation.

Following the mishap, Elon Musk said the satellite software was being updated ‘to run the ion thrusters at their equivalent of warp 9.’