spacecraft
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Is Leaky Starliner Stuck at the ISS? Boeing and NASA Say No Despite Yet Another Delay
Two NASA astronauts won’t be returning back from the International Space Station (ISS) for an additional four days, the latest in a series of delays that has marred the Starliner program for years. NASA and Boeing pushed back the undocking of the Starliner spacecraft for a second time, now targeting June 26 to return the…
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Twin Probes Suffer Thruster Glitch on the Way to Mercury
For more than five years, a pair of spacecraft have been traveling through the solar system to reach the innermost planet Mercury and observe its extreme conditions. During its complex journey, the BepiColombo mission ran into a problem that’s preventing its thrusters from operating at full power, potentially jeopardizing the mission. BepiColombo launched in October…
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NASA’s Proposed Rocket Would Get Us to Mars Sooner Than We Think
The future of space travel depends on our ability to reach celestial pit stops faster and more efficiently. As such, NASA is working with a technology development company on a new propulsion system that could drop off humans on Mars in a relatively speedy two months’ time rather than the current nine month journey required…
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Watch: Boeing’s Nail-Biting First Crewed Launch Attempt to the ISS
It’s been over a decade in the making, but Boeing is finally ready to launch its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of its agreement with NASA. Boeing Starliner spacecraft is set for launch on Monday at 10:34 p.m. ET (Tuesday 12:34 pm AEST) from Cape Canaveral Space Force…