The Atlas 5 rocket and Starliner spacecraft on the pad before the scrubbed May 6 launch. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Controllers scrubbed the first attempt to launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on a crewed test flight May
[04 May 2024] Boeing Starliner spacecraft ‘go’ for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says
Starliner will rocket to space on Monday (May 6), if all goes according to plan. NASA astronauts Suni Williams (foreground) and Butch Wilmore wearing Boeing spacesuits in the Starliner spacecraft simulator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center during emergency training on
[02 May 2024] NASA says Artemis II report by its inspector general is unhelpful and redundant
“The redundancy in the above recommendations does not help.” Orion, the Moon, and Earth in one photo in December 2022. NASA’s acting inspector general, George A. Scott, released a report Wednesday that provided an assessment of NASA’s readiness to launch
[25 Apr 2024] NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn
Blue Origin rolled out a New Glenn “pathfinder” vehicle to the pad in February for tests ahead of the rocket’s first launch. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — A NASA Mars smallsat mission is slated to launch in late September on
[18 Apr 2024] Sweden becomes 38th country to sign NASA’s Artemis Accords for moon exploration
NASA keeps adding nations to its international commitment for responsible moon exploration. Minister for Education Mats Persson and U.S. Ambassador Erik D. Ramanathan shake hands after the signing ceremony. (Image credit: Margareta Stridh/Regeringskansliet) Another one signs the (moon) dust. Sweden
[15 Apr 2024] NASA Welcomes Switzerland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, right, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, after signing the Artemis Accords, Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Switzerland is the 37th country to sign
[12 Apr 2024] Japanese astronauts to land on moon as part of new NASA partnership
Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama, (left) JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, look at a model of the rover that Japan will provide in exchange for landing two Japanese astronauts
[26 Mar 2024] Boeing, NASA target May 1 for first crewed flight of Starliner to the space station
NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) pose in front of a graphic of the mission patch for the Starliner Crew Flight Test. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now NASA is five weeks away from putting astronauts aboard a new
[13 Mar 2024] Zero-boil-off tank experiments to enable long-duration space exploration
The Gateway space station—humanity’s first space station around the Moon—will be capable of being refueled in space. Credit: NASA Do we have enough fuel to get to our destination? This is probably one of the first questions that comes to
[09 Mar 2024] NASA, Boeing delay Starliner capsule’s 1st astronaut launch to early May
The Boeing Starliner capsule that will fly the company’s Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station is shown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April 2023. (Image credit: Boeing/John Grant) The long-delayed first crewed mission of