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Nasa is set to attempt another launch of the Starliner astronaut capsule on Thursday (19 May).

Three NASA astronauts and one from the ESA (European Space Agency) landed safely on Earth from the International Space Station on Friday.The international crew of four: NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn, and ESA ...

The visit included a tour of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, where American astronauts are remembered and honoured. Created by the Mercury Seven astronauts, a special committee of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation selects US Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees.

NASA and Boeings Starliner cargo spacecraft is now slated for launch to space in May 2022, the company has announced.

NASA originally envisioned alternating missions between SpaceX and Boeing, assuming both companies’ vehicles will be certified around the same time.

NASA has delayed the upcoming launch of the agencys SpaceX Crew-3 mission due to a minor medical issue involving one of its crew members.The space agency is now looking for potential launch opportunities "at the end of the week"... ...

NASA and Boeings Starliner cargo spacecrafts orbital flight test has been postponed until the middle of next year as investigation into its faulty valves continues.Boeing and NASA had originally aimed to launch Starliners Orbital Test Flight ...

Starliner launch could now be delayed for several months as Boeing will likely need to remove it from atop a rocket for repairs

In 2019, Starliner failed to rendezvous with the space station during its first uncrewed test flight after being plagued by software issues. But the spacecraft was able to successfully return to Earth two days after launch, landing at the White Sands Space Harbour in New Mexico. Over the past 18 months, Boeing and Nasa teams worked together to resolve the issues, which involved taking 80 corrective actions. Following Starliner’s flight readiness test last week, Kathy Lueders, Nasa’s directo...

Aerospace giant Boeing is set to attempt its second uncrewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a test to show it can get to and from the orbiting lab safely. The CST-100 Starliner capsule will carry supplies and test equipment to the space station but the main aim of the mission will be to demonstrate that the spacecraft can launch, dock, re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere and perform a desert landing safely. Nasa and Boeing are targeting July 30 for the lift-off, which ...