Live updates from Monday morning's SpaceX Starlink 10-23 mission and ULA-Amazon Project Kuiper 2 mission from Cape Canaveral ...

What You Need To Know Officials are now looking at a return date of Wednesday, June 26 Helium leaks and other problems with Starliner were discussed during the teleconference NASA and Boeing ...

The Starliner test flight departed on June 5, 2024. (Reuters: Joe Skipper) The pair, both former US Navy test pilots, lifted off on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

3. The re-entry The re-entry part is considered the riskiest one. As the capsule enters the atmosphere at speeds of up to 28,800 km/h (17,900 mph), an extreme friction is generated.

The latest news and live updates as NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Boeing's Starliner to orbit, return on a SpaceX capsule after nine months in space.

After the burn, the Dragon began its re-entry, a period where the spacecraft is subjected to extreme heat, up to 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit and drag. To keep the astronauts safe, Dragon employs a heat ...

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft was then returned to Earth on Sept. 6, 2024, landing at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. NASA and Boeing say the Starliner astronauts aren't "stranded ...

NASA won't use the Starliner for any operational mission to the International Space Station next year. The agency stated that Crew-10 and Crew-11 missions in 2025 will use SpaceX vehicles.

The problem continued even when the Starliner returned autonomously, and the guidance system also blacked out temporarily during re-entry.

A path forward for Starliner is currently unclear. The spacecraft was slated to begin six-month crew ration missions to the ISS starting in February next year, but that has already been pushed ...

"I want to recognize the work the Starliner teams did to ensure a successful and safe undocking, deorbit, re-entry and landing," Nappi said in the statement. "We will review the data and determine ...

Starliner landed without issue — and of course without the two astronauts it took up to the ISS. by Doris Elín Urrutia Sep. 9, 2024 NASA/Getty Images News/Getty Images ...