NASA still expects Boeing’s Starliner to return astronauts from the ISS, but notes a backup option for SpaceX

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (right) and Sunny Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, leave the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Inspections Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at…

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NASA still expects Boeing’s Starliner to return astronauts from the ISS, but notes a backup option for SpaceX

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (right) and Sunny Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, leave the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Inspections Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at…

Continue ReadingNASA still expects Boeing’s Starliner to return astronauts from the ISS, but notes a backup option for SpaceX

The Starliner was the astronauts’ “lifeboat” if the crashed Russian satellite hit the space station; no return date yet

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were strapped into their "lifeboats" and prepared for an emergency evacuation after a defunct Russian satellite shattered into hundreds of pieces.That includes the…

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NASA astronauts will stay on the space station longer for more troubleshooting of Boeing’s capsule

This photo provided by NASA shows the Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station's Harmony module orbiting 262 miles above the Mediterranean coast of Egypt on June 13, 2024.…

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