13 December 2019
Starliner spacecraft could fly as early as next week
...'s last mission in 2011. Boeing, who holds a contract for two test flights and six missions to the International Space Station, is being paid more than $4.8 billion by NASA for the Starlink programme. According to the world's largest aerospace...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... Boeing decided to stand down from the launch attempt after Russia’s Nauka module caused the International Space Station to spin following a thruster misfire. Boeing then rescheduled Starliner’s launch for 3 August at 5.20 pm GMT (1:20pm ET) to allow...
02 August 2020
Crew Dragon are on their way home
... working with the U.S. aerospace industry to launch astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil the International Space Station for the first time since 2011. This is SpaceX’s final test flight and is providing data on the...
08 November 2017
Boeing and CASIS award $500,000 for microgravity research on ISS
... and CASIS have worked together to fund 11 separate innovative startups through MassChallenge. Boeing is the the International Space Station prime contractor, responsible for designing, building and processing the American modules and the integrated...
12 February 2018
Dream Chaser's first mission to ISS gets NASA go-ahead
... given formal approval by NASA to provide cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), with an anticipated launch window for late 2020.... spacecraft will be able to remain attached to the space station for extended periods of time so that the crew ...
01 August 2018
What now for the ISS as new audit report questions commercial interest
For the past 20 years, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as an off-world floating laboratory for inhabitants around the globe to learn what it means to live and work in space. But what now lies ahead for the permanently...
