Saturday, September 07, 2024

September 7, 2024 10:37 AM

Without astronauts, Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday (September 6), capping a three-month test mission hobbled by technical issues that forced the astronauts it had flown to the International Space Station to remain the...

August 27, 2024 1:17 PM

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore’s plight piles pressure on Boeing’s space unit

NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts over the future of the unit, analysts and industry sources said. Taking NASA astronauts Bu...

June 12, 2024 2:59 PM

NASA, Boeing push back Starliner’s crewed return to June 18

NASA and Boeing BA.N said they expect to bring Starliner and its first astronaut crew back to Earth from the International Space Station as soon as June 18, later than previously scheduled as mission analysts examine issues that could affect its retu...

June 6, 2024 3:31 PM

China’s Chang’e-6 transfers moon samples to spacecraft, set for return to Earth

China's Chang'e-6 probe transferred samples it collected from the moon's far side to a spacecraft in lunar orbit on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua reported. After receiving the samples, the uncrewed spacecraft will fly back to Earth, with an exp...

May 29, 2024 1:54 PM

Venus has more volcanism than previously known, new analysis finds

Venus appears to be more volcanically active than previously known, according to scientists whose new analysis of decades-old radar images has spotted evidence of eruptions at two additional sites on the surface of Earth's inhospitable planetary neig...

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