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Boeing Starliner Return: Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore Prepare Spacecraft For Uncrewed Journey Back To Earth
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - 2:56am | 458The crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday prepared Boeing Co.’s (NYSE:BA) Starliner spacecraft for its uncrewed departure later this week, NASA said on Tuesday. What Happened: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who went to space via Starliner, reconfigured the...
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Boeing Starliner Speakers Make A 'Kind Of Pulsing Noise, Almost Like A Sonar Ping' — Strange Sound Reported By NASA Astronaut Baffles Houston
Monday, September 2, 2024 - 1:06am | 717On Saturday, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore reported hearing strange sonar-like sounds from a speaker inside Boeing Co.'s (NYSE: BA) Starliner spacecraft. What Happened: Wilmore reached out to Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, expressing his uncertainty about the...
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NASA Revamps SpaceX's Crew 9 Lineup To Make Room For Astronauts Stranded At ISS Due To Boeing's Starliner Issues
Friday, August 30, 2024 - 11:46pm | 400Only two astronauts will launch on NASA’s upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission instead of four to accommodate the two astronauts who arrived at the station aboard Boeing’s (NYSE:BA) Starliner spacecraft, the space agency said on Friday. What Happened: NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos...
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Boeing Starliner To Undock From ISS And Return To Earth Without Crew As Early As Sept. 6
Friday, August 30, 2024 - 3:18am | 391Boeing Co.’s (NYSE:BA) Starliner spacecraft will commence its journey back to Earth after nearly three months in space no earlier than Sept. 6, NASA said on Thursday. What Happened: The space agency said that it conducted a review with Boeing on Thursday and determined to proceed with...
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Takes Another Dig At Boeing For Failing To Return Astronauts On Starliner: '…Ride-Hailing Works Even If You're In Space'
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - 5:25am | 800Elon Musk on Tuesday made yet another jibe at Boeing Co. after NASA chose his rocket manufacturing company SpaceX to bring back the astronauts who went to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. What Happened: “Potential Tesla/SpaceX collab: ride-...
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NASA To Finalize Decision On Return Of Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore From ISS By Late August, Says Boeing Starliner's Homecoming Without Astronauts Won't Be Labeled 'Mishap'
Thursday, August 15, 2024 - 2:33am | 862NASA on Wednesday said that it is nearing making a final call on how and when the two astronauts who launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will return home. What Happened: “We're in [sic] a point where that last week in August we really...
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Boeing Astronauts Stuck In Space Speak Out: 'Absolutely Confident' Will Return Home
Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 5:13pm | 684Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were the first crewed flight for the Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) Starliner that took off on June 5. The astronauts remain stuck aboard the International Space Station as Boeing has had setbacks bringing them home. The astronauts spoke publicly for the first time...
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Boeing Dismisses Claims Of 'Stranded' NASA Astronauts On Starliner: 'The Mission Is Still Going And It Is Going Well'
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 11:47pm | 601Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) has refuted claims that two NASA astronauts are “stranded” on its Starliner spacecraft, asserting that the craft is functioning well despite its delayed return from the International Space Station. What Happened: Boeing’s Starliner, which docked with the ISS...
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A Month Back Elon Musk Said Boeing Was Weighed Down By 'Too Many Non-Technical Managers.' Fast-Forward, The Plane Maker Has Stranded 2 Astronauts In Space: They Have Only 27 Days Of Fuel Left, Here's What Happens Next
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 6:20am | 827The return of two astronauts aboard Boeing Co.’s (NYSE:BA) Starliner spacecraft has been further delayed, leaving them with a dwindling fuel supply and an uncertain return date. What Happened: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams were launched to the International Space Station,...