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NASA sets date for next Boeing Starliner launch An artists impression showing the Boeing Starliner capsule in orbit Boeing Boeing Boeing/John Proferes NASA and Boeing have set a target date for the second launch of the Starliner spacecraft, which was designed – along with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon – to return crewed launch capabilities to American soil. Back in 2010 NASA launched the Commercial Crew Program (CCP), an initiative that sought to facilitate the creation of new human-rated ...

21 January 2021, 7:02 pm EST By Elon Musk is convinced that he would spend the rest of his life, or at least the latter part of it, on Mars by 2050 and work there full-time using the internet Starlink would provide if "civilization is doing great." The CEO has lately been expressing his plans and fascination towards the Red Planet, along with his willingness to be its first citizen and even its leader. (Photo : Elons World via Twitter @ElonsWorld) The Earth and its technology are still somehow...

Larry Leopard has been appointed associate director, technical, of Marshall Space Flight Center, following the retirement of Preston Jones. Mary Beth Koelbl succeeded Leopard as director of Marshall’s Engineering Directorate.

NASA doesnt want to call it a failure, but plenty of others are.  ...

GE Aviation GE awarded contract for additional T408 turboshaft engines Engines will be delivered to U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to power Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. This latest contract of low-rate initial production (LRIP) engines follows three previous LRIP contracts for this program, the most recent being in August 2019. GE Aviation’s Lynn, Massachusetts, plant will perform final assembly for the Lot 4 engines. “This most recent contract represents another big step forward for the ...

Congress previously required that this mission launch on the massively delayed Space Launch System (SLS), but the most recent NASA ...

How Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson plan to upgrade your bucket list… While the aviation industry cools its jets due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the aerospace sector is heating up, meeting multiple milestones this year and aiming to put some wealthy travellers into orbit. Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic are all gaining major momentum towards the long-awaited goal of commercial space travel. NASA meanwhile has strategically partnered with private companies to bolster Am...

8 History-Making Space Stories Of 2020 It’s been a hard year on Earth.  But despite a global pandemic, scientists made huge strides in understanding the universe beyond our planet. They detected far-off signals, launched astronauts into orbit around the Earth, and sent probes to Mars, the moon, and even an asteroid. In a year like no other on our planet, here are eight of this year’s top space stories.  Phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere Although astronomer Carl Sagan proposed the idea tha...

NASA’s Office of Inspector General terminates audit of Artemis program with words of obviousness by Douglas Messier Managing Editor NASA’s Office of Inspector General (IG) has determined that the biggest problem the space agency faces in its Artemis lunar program is….wait for it….money. “Based upon our audit work completed to date, we found that the most significant challenge NASA currently faces in returning humans to the Moon by 2024 is budget uncertainty, a challenge that could ult...

WorldRemit Identifies Top 20 Migrant Moments of 2020 Saturday, December 19, 2020 12:37PM IST (7:07AM GMT) Company Celebrates Migrants in Honor of International Migrants Day   London, United Kingdom:   Today, WorldRemit, a leading cross-border payments company, celebrates International Migrants Day by announcing its list of the top 20 Migrant Moments of 2020. This list features developments which have had significant impacts on commun...