31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... than May 2022 for the rescheduled second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) of the company's Starliner spacecraft. This will be Boeing's second attempt at reaching the space station after its first, Orbital Test Flight-1 (OFT...
22 April 2019
Anomaly during SpaceX test could delay its first crewed flight
... Incidents abound for NASA’s NCCP at the moment as Boeing's Starliner, the other vehicle that the space agency plans to use... the weekend, SpaceX was considered by many to be ahead of Boeing with a higher chance of flying crew this year but this latest...
10 June 2019
NASA opens ISS to space tourists
... said in New York. These missions must use U.S. transportation vehicles certified by NASA, such as the ones developed by Boeing and SpaceX under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). To accommodate this, NASA has expanded the International...
04 August 2024
NASA faces sticky choice between Boeing and SpaceX for safe return of astronauts
... daily workload of the orbiting laboratory, giving the station a crew of nine as their mission overlaps with Expedition 71.” Boeing’s Starliner capsule, nicknamed ‘Calypso’, has now been in space for more than 60 days and the mission was...
23 June 2024
NASA postpones Starliner's crew return amid thruster concerns
... signalled unfixed past issues. The issues and the additional tests run by NASA and Boeing call into question when exactly Starliner's crew will be able to make the roughly six-hour return journey home, and...
