Boeing Starliner Returns Home Safely
The mission to return the spacecraft to Earth concludes a flight test to the International Space Station that was unexpectedly extended to three months.
The mission to return the spacecraft to Earth concludes a flight test to the International Space Station that was unexpectedly extended to three months.
NASA’s Boeing Starliner crew is far from the first to require a Plan B to return from orbit.
The space agency outlined its spacecraft salvage operation as astronauts are forced to stay at ISS another six months.
The spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station without crew no earlier than Friday.
NASA officials will enlist SpaceX’s Dragon to return the crew of Boeing’s Starliner, which suffered several issues on its way to the ISS.
The companies that jointly operate United Launch Alliance are in talks to sell their rocket business to Sierra Space, according to a report.
Agency officials are weighing the risks of sending two NASA astronauts home from the ISS on the Boeing spacecraft.
According to reports, NASA is weighing Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ return on a SpaceX Dragon.
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.
For the first time since arriving at the International Space Station on June 6, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke to the media.