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Boeing’s Starliner Made the Uncrewed Trip Home
Boeing’s Starliner returned uncrewed to White Sands on September 7 after a nearly three-month mission, with its crew staying on the ISS until February 2025. The spacecraft's future and certification are still uncertain. NASA and Boeing successfully brought back the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft, which landed safely at White Sands Space...
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NASA Crew-9 Team Cut in Half to Rescue Starliner Astronauts
NASA says two people have been cut from the Crew-9 mission team to make room for the Starliner astronauts stranded on the International Space Station. Astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson will stay on the ground and are "eligible for reassignment" to another spaceflight, NASA said. Nick Hague and Russia's...
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SpaceX Dragon to Rescue Stranded NASA Crew as Starliner Faces Setback
NASA has confirmed Boeing’s Starliner capsule will return from the International Space Station uncrewed, with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded until 2025. The duo will continue working on the ISS, extending their stay to eight months, before returning home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon in February. The development...
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Starliner Astronauts May Be Stuck in Space Until 2025
At a press conference on Wednesday, NASA officials said the two Starliner astronauts currently aboard the ISS may need to return to Earth on Crew Dragon next year if Starliner is found to be unsafe. Boeing’s Starliner test mission to the ISS launched on June 5th and was originally scheduled...
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NASA Postpones SpaceX Crewed Mission Due to Starliner Issues
NASA has pushed the launch of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission from August 18th to September 24th to accommodate the delay in returning Boeing's Starliner to Earth. The decision gives Boeing and NASA additional time to prepare for Starliner's return, including reliability checks and finishing the flight rationale for the propulsion system....
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Boeing Loses Another $125 million on Its Starliner Spacecraft
Delays to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft’s first crewed mission have seen the company lose another $125 million, bringing total losses on the Starliner program to $11.6 billion, according to a quarterly filing. Though Boeing signed a $4.2 billion contract for the development of Starliner in 2014, this was a “fixed-price” model...
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Boeing Completes First Crewed Starliner Launch After Multiple Delays
Boeing has finally completed its first crewed Starliner launch after numerous delays and scrubbed attempts. A ULA Atlas V rocket carried Starliner into space starting at 10:52AM Eastern. Mission commander Butch Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams will test Starliner's full capabilities. They'll stay docked with the International Space Station (ISS)...
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Boeing’s Crewed Starliner Launch is Now Set for June 1st
NASA and Boeing have tentatively scheduled the first crewed Starliner launch for June 1st at 12:25PM Eastern, days after delaying liftoff indefinitely. There are backup launch windows on June 2nd, 5th, and 6th. A press conference to discuss progress is slated for May 24th at 11AM Eastern and will include...
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Boeing and NASA Delay Crewed Starliner Launch Indefinitely
The first crewed Boeing Starliner launch has been postponed for an indefinite period, according to a NASA statement. NASA didn't provide an exact reason for the delay, but said there was work needed on "flight rationale, system performance, and redundancy." There will be more details about a Starliner launch once...
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Has Much Smaller Install Size
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is being released on November 19 this year, and it will have a drastically smaller install size than the previous game in the series. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will have an installation size of just 30GB. This is a significant drop in size, as the current...
By: Aman Kumar | Tech Journalist
