After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally ready to fly humans to the International Space Station for NASA.
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Spacex’s Falcon 9 Grounded After Stage 2 Anomaly in Latest Starlink Launch
SpaceX’s reliable Falcon 9 space transportation fleet has been grounded after an unusual failure in its second stage caused its payload, 20 of the company’s Starlink satellites, to deploy in a lower-than-expected orbit and eventually burn into the Earth’s atmosphere.
NASA Picks SpaceX to Send ISS to Watery Grave Upon Retirement in 2030
NASA selected SpaceX as the provider of a deorbit vehicle that would control the International Space Station’s reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere upon its retirement in 2030.
Spaceflight Recap: Starship Makes Successful 4th Flight Test; Starliner’s Crewed Flight Test Docks to ISS
SpaceX’s Starship successfully completed its fourth flight test, making it one step closer to becoming useful for NASA’s Artemis program, while Boeing’s Starliner reached the International Space Station despite suffering multiple helium leaks.
Boeing's Manned Starliner Mission Finally Launches After Years of Delays
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner finally launched to space on June 5, 2024 after almost a decade of delays and malfunctions.
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Previously, an experiment team of a space gardening project called Veggie has also succeeded planting consumable lettuce. The flower bloom is a remarkable step forward to a more advanced technique and choice of plants to grow in space. The project was established because NASA seeks to learn how astronauts can grow their own food in space to sustain long-term space journey.
For $1,500, NASA is challenging programmers and UI designers to create a smartwatch app interface intended to be used by astronauts at the International Space Station. The contest will end on September 9.
NASA astronauts KJell Lindgren from the United States, Kimiya Yui from Japan and Oleg Kononenko from Russia had headed off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission to the International Space Station.
Elon Musk has identified the possible reason why SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded mid-air on June 28th. And he says there's a valuable lesson to be learned.
A pair of U.S. astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to begin rigging parking spots for two commercial space taxis.
The crash of an unmanned Orbital Sciences Antares rocket is a "wake-up call" to the U.S. space community about the need to develop a new U.S. rocket engine, the head of Boeing Co's defense division said on Thursday.
The U.S. drive to end its reliance on Russian rocket motors got a boost this week when Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos unveiled a new engine project, but officials and industry insiders say it will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a locally built alternative.
NASA will partner with Boeing and SpaceX to build commercially owned and operated "space taxis" to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, ending U.S. dependence on Russia for rides, officials said on Tuesday.
An Orbital Sciences Corp cargo ship reached the International Space Station on Wednesday with a delivery of food, supplies, science experiments and a fleet of tiny Earth-imaging satellites that will be launched from the orbital outpost.
