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An International Space Station Leak Is Getting Worse—and Keeping NASA Up at Night
US space officials do not like to talk about the perils of flying astronauts on the aging International…
September 28, 2024
The Starliner stranding shows why NASA was wise to have a backup plan
After any problem with a rocket launch or mission, experts echo the same refrain: space is hard. As…
September 4, 2024
Strange Noises Are Coming from Inside Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft
On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner spacecraft.…
September 2, 2024
Starliner failure: Stranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space programme is not in crisis
Boeing’s Starliner capsule won’t shuttle astronauts home from space this year NASA It’s official: Butch Wilmore and Sunita…
August 28, 2024
The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Come Home on SpaceX’s Dragon Next Year
NASA has announced that astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth next February aboard SpaceX’s…
August 24, 2024
Starliner: Two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams on the International Space Station NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita…
August 7, 2024
Critics of the International Space Station are missing the point
The International Space Station (ISS) is reaching the end of its life, with agencies around the world planning…
August 7, 2024
Five of the most important International Space Station experiments
It’s not all eating bits of food floating in mid-air and introducing suction toilets to fascinated Earthlings –…
August 6, 2024
Inside NASA’s ambitious plan to bring the ISS crashing back to Earth
dpa picture alliance archive/Alamy The International Space Station (ISS), as well as being the most expensive object ever…
August 6, 2024
Boeing’s Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space
“It fits in with the general narrative of Boeing having lost its way,” says McDowell. Starliner, like Crew…
May 6, 2024