NASA Downsizes Boeing Starliner Contract
Space agency cuts order from six missions to four, with an uncrewed test flight planned for no sooner than April.
Space agency cuts order from six missions to four, with an uncrewed test flight planned for no sooner than April.
Nearly five-month mission concludes as agency continues its human presence on the International Space Station.
Approximate two-week mission comprises about 60 scientific experiments for 31 countries.
‘Skinny’ funding prioritizes a focus on moon and Mars missions over science and projects characterized as ‘grossly expensive.’
Company is developing a commercial replacement for the ISS, which is planned to be retired at the end of the decade.
Space agency so far has contracted Axiom Space for five private astronaut missions to the International Space Station.
Agency describes the flight as a ‘crew-capable post-certification mission’ but acknowledges the possibility of flying without astronauts.
NASA is considering flying the capsule without a crew on its next test flight.
Americans Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely brought home after 286 days in space.
NASA targets Tuesday at 5:57 p.m. for the return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew to the ISS on Boeing Starliner’s inaugural crew flight test.