In late March (at the earliest), SpaceX's Crew-9 mission will return to Earth from the International Space Station with four astronauts aboard, including NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. The duo were originally supposed to come home on a Boeing Starliner, but that plan was scrapped due to safety concerns with the capsule.
Calamity Capsule continues to be calamitous for the bottom line Boeing is warning of another hit to its bottom line, at least partly at the hands of the company's Calamity Capsule, the CST-100 Starliner.
The astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard the Boeing Starliner are in good health, a NASA spokesperson has said, dismissing fake online reports of their death. The false narrative also includes false quotes attributed to Elon Musk.
The incident highlights the growing issue of tensions between rocket launches and commercial aviation.
Just before 3 p.m. on Dec. 18, a surprising visitor showed up at Boeing Co.’s military aircraft facility in San Antonio, Texas: First Buddy Elon Musk.
Jeff Bezos, the second richest man in the world, successfully blasted off a 320-foot-tall rocket ship made by his Blue Origin company from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the early hours of the morning. It made the company the first to successfully reach orbit on its first launch of an orbital-class rocket.
Suni Williams stepped out on a spacewalk, her first since arriving at the International Space Station seven months ago
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch Alliance and the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn,
Barry Wilmore remains at the International Space Station after problems with a spacecraft, with late March now the scheduled return date.
The pair originally entered space in June 2024 for what was supposed to be a weeklong test flight of a Boeing Starliner capsule ... NASA previously said it is working with SpaceX to "complete processing” on a new Dragon spacecraft for the mission.
Calamity Capsule continues to be calamitous for the bottom line Boeing is warning of another hit to its bottom line, at least partly at the hands of the company's Calamity Capsule, the CST-100 Starliner.