Watchdog panel’s annual NASA safety report reveals new Boeing Starliner issue, questions viable future
The annual watchdog report tasked to gauge NASA safety commended the agency’s handling of last year’s beleaguered Boeing’s ...
Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, in lieu of a mass simulator, Astrobotic wanted to see if it could find a more useful payload. So as the company's ...
Boeing’s Starliner Fiasco Has Now Burned Through $2 Billion
The company may sell parts of its space business as it struggles to meet its end of a $4.3 billion contract with NASA.
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Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Tops $2B in Losses
According to a new quarterly filing submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Boeing, the aerospace ...
Boeing has now lost $2B on Starliner, but still silent on future plans
Boeing announced Monday it lost $523 million on the Starliner crew capsule program last year, putting the aerospace company ...
Boeing Starliner official talks pros and cons of NASA contracts
Program lead Mark Nappi discussed the pros and cons of public-private partnerships in the company’s space efforts at the ...
Assessing Claims About NASA’s Two ‘Stranded’ Astronauts
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk announced this week that SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Musk, will be ...
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How Do Astronauts Deal With Dirty Laundry In Space?
The main reason is that water is an incredibly precious resource in space. So valuable that even urine cannot be thrown away.
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Starliner astronauts 'focus on the now:' USA TODAY's exclusive interview with ISS crew
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two NASA astronauts who rode to the space station months ago on the Boeing Starliner, are slated to come home in late March. Also aboard the station are NASA ...
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Trump Asks SpaceX to ‘Go Get’ Starliner Astronauts
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is already scheduled to return the astronauts under a plan announced by NASA in August.
Only A Bra Manufacturer Could Make NASA’s $100,000 Apollo Space Suits
Bra manufacturer Playtex was called on to stitch together the space suits worn by Apollo astronauts after beating defense contractors to the job ...