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Boeing was supposed to be riding high on the success of its long-delayed Starliner spacecraft right now, but the launch ...

The Marshall Association held its annual scholarship awards luncheon July 20, presenting six exceptional student achievers, all children of team members at Marshall Space Flight Center, with a total of

TBD: Boeing, NASA determining next launch attempt for Starliner spacecraft Teams still investigating cause of issue with spacecraft service module Updated:  August 3, 2021 8:43 pm A Boeing CST-100 Starliner atop a ULA Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral. (Image: NASA) (WKMG 2021) MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – Teams at NASA and Boeing are working to determine when they will try again to launch the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft from Florida’s coast after a technical issue ca...

(Aug 4): Boeing Co. will have to wait for a do-over of a crucial spaceflight test, as the company and NASA decided to stand down from a possible Wednesday launch of the CST-100 Starliner after halting an initial attempt the previous day. Engineering teams are examining “unexpected valve position indications” detected during Tuesday’s attempt to launch the uncrewed mission from Florida to the International Space Station. Not all valves were in the proper configuration, so the countdown was...

Boeing’s Starliner capsule, picture here, had its launch postponed after an unplanned shove by a Russian module caused a brief loss of control of the International Space Station. — NASA via AP NASA postponed the launch of Boeing Co.’s Starliner capsule after the International Space Station got an unplanned shove from a newly arrived Russian module. The US space agency on Thursday didn’t set a new date for the uncrewed mission, a redo of a botched test from December 2019, but is targetin...

Space Station lost attitude control when new Russian module thrusters fired FacebookTwitterEmail A new Russian module began experiencing issues shortly after docking with the International Space Station on Thursday. The 43-foot long, 23-ton Nauka module docked with the space station at 8:29 a.m. CDT. About three hours later, the modules thrusters began firing inadvertently. This caused the space station to lose attitude control. Attitude is the orientation of the spacecraft in relativity to Ear...

Boeing’s headquarters. Photo: Boeing Boeing‘s Defense, Space & Security division reported $6.9 billion in revenue in its second quarter 2021 (Q2) financial results, a 4% bump from the same time period in 2020. Most of these gains, however, were for military aircraft — specifically the  KC-46A Tanker and P-8A Poseidon.  This revenue boost for the division came after a 19% revenue boost in Q1. For the first half (H1) 2021, Defense, Space & Security reported $14 billion in revenues, an 11...

Flight Readiness Review gives green light for Starliner OFT-2 July 22, 2021 NASA and Boeing have finished the agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. OFT-2 will demonstrate the changes made to the Starliner spacecraft following the first OFT mission, which was conducted in December 2019. Flight Readiness Review OFT-2 is the third flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, following the pad abort test and the first OFT mis...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on...

First Air Force takes command of Det 3 rescuers as part of new Space Command mission Photo By MICHAEL DOUGHERTY | First Air Force, the named air component to U.S. Space Command, assumed command of...... read moreread more Photo By MICHAEL DOUGHERTY | First Air Force, the named air component to U.S. Space Command, assumed command of Detachment 3, Space Launch Delta 45 (formerly the 45th Space Wing) ...