Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew ...

Astronaut Butch Wilmore said that the Boeing Starliner suffered enough thruster failures to lose full control during its launch rendezvous with the International Space Station. The situation ...

This theory is informing adjustments to Starliner's design and operations going forward, according to Stich. "I think we have ...

But it turns out the journey to the ISS was just as harrowing, as the Starliner's thrusters failed so spectacularly that they could have been stuck floating in Low Earth Orbit. "Before the flight ...

Wilmore said that as the Starliner approached the International Space Station, they lost the first thruster. As the Starliner got closer to the space station, a second thruster was also lost.

The Boeing Starliner faced a critical situation during its approach to the International Space Station (ISS), where multiple thruster failures brought it within minutes o losing full control and ...

But because of problems with the thrusters and helium leaks, the eight-day mission stretched into nine months before the astronauts could return home on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon. The Starliner ...

Rescued US astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore revealed that malfunctions on the Boeing Starliner were far ... what went through his mind when four thrusters on the Boeing-made spacecraft ...

News that NASA had actively bent flight rules to allow Starliner to continue attempting to dock with the station — despite multiple thrusters failing — highlights the real danger Wilmore and ...