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First crewed flight of the Boeing Starliner scrubbed once again

The planned crewed launch of the Boeing Starliner was scrubbed at 3 minutes and 50 seconds before liftoff due to a problem with the ground system......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsJun 2nd, 2024

Boeing"s Starliner Faces an Indefinite Wait in Space While NASA Investigates Its Faults

The space agency has pushed back the spacecraft’s return to an unspecified date in July, to give it more time to look into the problems that beset the vehicle on its journey into orbit......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsJul 3rd, 2024

SpaceX retools problem booster for overnight launch from Space Coast

SpaceX is rolling a booster that was part of a scrubbed launch attempt last month back to the launch pad for an early morning mission on the Space Coast......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJul 3rd, 2024

First crewed flight of the Boeing Starliner scrubbed once again

The planned crewed launch of the Boeing Starliner was scrubbed at 3 minutes and 50 seconds before liftoff due to a problem with the ground system......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 2nd, 2024

Boeing’s Starliner test flight scrubbed again after hold in final countdown

The ground launch sequencer computer called a hold at T-minus 3 minutes, 50 seconds. Enlarge / NASA commander Butch Wilmore exits the Starliner spacecraft Saturday following the scrubbed launch attempt. A computer contr.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 2nd, 2024

Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship

"I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer." Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks as Yusaku Maezawa, founder and president of Start Today Co., looks on at an event at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2018. (cr.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 1st, 2024

Boeing will try to launch its first crew on Starliner, again

Troubled aerospace giant Boeing will try once more to fly its first crew to the International Space Station aboard a Starliner spaceship on Saturday, after the last attempt was scrubbed hours before liftoff......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 1st, 2024

Boeing’s Starliner capsule poised for second try at first astronaut flight

"It is safe, and that is why we determined that we can fly with what we have.” Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft sits on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. (cred.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 1st, 2024

Watch Starliner heading back to the launchpad at Kennedy

Boeing has shared a short video showing its Starliner spacecraft heading back to the launchpad ahead of the spacecraft's first crewed flight on Saturday......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 31st, 2024

Virtual flying lessons for Hera asteroid mission

As ESA's Hera spacecraft for planetary defense goes through pre-flight testing, the system that will steer it around its target binary asteroid system is also undergoing its final checks for space......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 30th, 2024

NASA confirms readiness for highly anticipated crewed mission

NASA and Boeing Space have confirmed their readiness to proceed with Saturday’s first crewed launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the ISS......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 30th, 2024

NASA confirms readiness for highly-anticipated crewed mission

NASA and Boeing Space have confirmed their readiness to proceed with Saturday’s first crewed launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the ISS......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 30th, 2024

Successful engine test boosts Vega-C toward return-to-flight

The Zefiro-40 solid rocket motor, the second stage of the Vega-C rocket, was tested today by Vega-C prime contractor Avio at its Salto di Quirra test facility in Sardinia, Italy. The motor features an improved engine nozzle design, required to prepar.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 30th, 2024

Small birds boast range of flight styles thanks to evolutionary edge

Small birds have explored a wide variety of styles of flight, ranging from hovering hummingbirds to bounding sparrows to soaring swifts and swallows. A new Cornell University study could explain why......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 28th, 2024

How to watch SpaceX launch Starship on fourth test flight

SpaceX is targeting next week for the fourth test flight of the megarocket, though it's dependent upon getting the green light from the FAA......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 28th, 2024

NASA"s Europa Clipper makes cross-country flight to Florida

Assembled at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the spacecraft arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23 for launch preparations......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 27th, 2024

NASA now aiming to launch Starliner astronauts flight next month

Following multiple delays over the last month, NASA has announced a new target launch date for the first crewed flight of the Starliner capsule......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 27th, 2024

NASA now aiming to launch Starliner astronaut flight next month

Following multiple delays over the last month, NASA has announced a new target launch date for the first crewed flight of the Starliner capsule......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 27th, 2024

It might be time for NASA to bail on Boeing’s Starliner

In a not-very-shocking-at-all twist, NASA has put the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner on hold once again. That pesky helium leak discovered earlier in … The post It might be time for NASA to bail on Boeing’s Starliner appeared.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsMay 26th, 2024

Girl with peanut allergy ‘thrown off flight by captain’

Girl with peanut allergy ‘thrown off flight by captain’.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 25th, 2024

Boeing won"t fix leaky Starliner before flying first crew to ISS

Boeing is set to launch its first crewed space mission in June without fixing a small helium gas leak on its troubled Starliner spaceship, officials said Friday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 25th, 2024