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Starliner’s next ISS run turns propulsion fixes into a high-stakes test

Low-Earth orbit does not provide many second chances, but it does provide audits. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is on a collision course with one of them: a cargo-only flight that will transform a ...

27 years, 3 missions and 608 days… A look back at Sunita Williams’ career achievements

Nasa veteran astronaut Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams announced her retirement on Tuesday. With 27 years of service to the space agency, she has three missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and ...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who stayed in space for 9 months after spacecraft problem, retires

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who famously stayed in space for an extended nine-month visit after problems with an ...
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Starliner’s cargo-only future marks a pivotal test for NASA’s redundancy goals

But when Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was launched in June of 2024 with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, it ...
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Boeing's Failed Starliner Test Flight Is Still A Big Problem For NASA

Boeing's Starliner had it rough from the start. With a long, storied history of issues, the spacecraft finally defied all the odds against it last year, lifting off into space with two astronauts ...
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NASA Says Boeing’s Busted Starliner Spacecraft Won’t Be Allowed to Carry Astronauts on Next Mission

Boeing won’t be allowed ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station with its plagued Starliner spacecraft for its upcoming mission. In a statement, NASA revealed that it agreed to ...
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NASA cuts missions for Boeing Starliner contract, next flight will have no crew

The next trip to space for Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner spacecraft won’t have a crew on board after NASA announced changes to the commercial crew contract that also slashes the total number of ...
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NASA: Starliner will only fly cargo for first mission to Space Station

Nov. 24 (UPI) --Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will only fly cargo to the International Space Station after NASA changed the contract with Boeing that also cut the number of missions for the craft. On ...
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No astronauts on Boeing Starliner’s next flight

Boeing and NASA have decided that the company’s next Starliner mission will carry cargo only. Monday’s announcement comes eight months after Starliner’s first crewed mission ended with two astronauts ...
Aviation Week

NASA Trims Starliner Contract, Keeps Crew Off Next Flight

NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, left, and Scott Tingle take a look inside the Starliner spacecraft that completed Boeing's Crew Flight Test—sans crew—with a landing at the White Sands Missile Range’s ...
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Next Starliner flight will carry cargo instead of crew

Boeing has suffered another setback after NASA renegotiated its agreement with the company. Under the new contract, on its next flight o the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's Starliner ...
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BOEING CST-100 STARLINER

For the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the U.S. on Wednesday, launching to the International Space Station alongside NASA and Japanes CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA ...