11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
... an uncrewed Orion capsule around the Moon and back on a mission that came to be known as Artemis 1, followed later by a crewed mission to lunar orbit, and culminating in a human landing on the Moon’s surface in 2024 — famously by at least one man...
20 October 2021
Humidity likely cause of stuck Starliner valves say Boeing, as OFT-2 postponed until first half of 2022
...John Vollmer, Boeing Vice President and Program Manager for Commercial Crew. Because only 46 days had elapsed, there was no ... The duo and their crewmates will join an expedition crew aboard station for a long duration stay “to conduct science...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... Starliner under a contract with NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme. The space agency is also funding SpaceX under ...the same deal to work on its Crew Dragon astronaut shuttle service. But while Crew Dragon has already performed a successful mission ...
20 December 2019
Trouble for Starliner's inaugural flight as burn maneouver fails
... next maneouver.” The Starliner – Boeings answer to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule – was supposed to reach the International Space Station... it actually was. 14:44 GMT; Bridenstine: If we had had crew in there they would have been safe, and had they been...
30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
...’s CST-100 Starliner as part of the NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme, is now scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday at... space agency said in statement yesterday. Starliner is Boeing's crew spacecraft designed to shuttle astronauts to and from the space...
13 December 2019
Starliner spacecraft could fly as early as next week
...to 10 times with a six-month turnaround time, is designed to fit up to seven people, but NASA missions will carry a crew of only four or five along with time-critical scientific research. Phil McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight development...
