Boeing is launching NASA astronauts Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station on its Starliner spacecraft, challenging SpaceX. This mission is a critical test before routine flights can be approved.
NASA astronauts Barry Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are preparing to pilot Boeing's Starliner capsule on its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station on May 6. This mission is crucial for demonstrating the spacecraft's ability to safely transport crew to and from low-Earth orbit, marking a significant advancement for Boeing. The astronauts, veterans and former Navy test pilots, have undergone extensive preparations for the launch, which has faced delays due to software glitches and technical issues.
Boeing is set to launch its first crew of NASA astronauts to the ISS on May 6 with the Starliner CST-100 spacecraft, carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the ULA Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This mission marks a significant milestone after delays and glitches in previous test flights. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has resolved safety hazards and aims to fulfill its $4.3 billion Commercial Crew Program contract with NASA, competing with SpaceX's successful crewed launches.
Boeing is set to launch its first-ever Starliner Crew Flight Test mission for NASA on May 6, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will have a weeklong duration to the International Space Station and is a critical test to demonstrate the readiness of the commercial space capsule. The NASA astronauts, Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Sunita Williams, will fly on the Starliner spacecraft. The mission will end with Starliner parachuting to Earth for a land-based landing in the southwestern United States.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is undergoing preparations for a crewed flight to the International Space Station scheduled for May 6, 2024, as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are part of the crew for the upcoming mission, with training activities including mission dress rehearsals and simulator work at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Boeing's CFT-100 Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to launch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station on a Crew Flight Test. The launch is set for May 6, 2024, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This mission is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, marking the first launch to the ISS aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing is preparing to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) after years of delays and cost overruns. The CST-100 Starliner test mission is a crucial milestone for Boeing's efforts to compete with SpaceX in the commercial crew program, with Starliner aiming for routine space trips and potential missions to the moon and Mars. The launch is scheduled for May 6, with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams set to test Starliner's systems during a 10-day mission.
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to launch with NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station (ISS) in May. The spacecraft faced delays due to safety concerns, including issues with parachutes and flammable protective tape. Boeing has addressed these concerns, developed a new parachute system, and is confident in the spacecraft's readiness for launch. This marks Boeing's first crewed trip to the ISS and the first Starliner launch since an uncrewed test flight anomaly in 2022.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, test pilots, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and are scheduled to launch aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas rocket to the International Space Station on May 6, 2024.
Boeing Crew Flight Test (Boe-CFT) will be the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner and the third orbital flight test of the Starliner overall after the two uncrewed orbital flight tests, Boe-OFT and Boe-OFT 2 in 2019 and 2022.The first crewed test flight test was initially planned to occur in 2017. Various delays had pushed the launch of the CFT mission to no earlier than 21 July 2023, but Boeing announced in August 2023 that it would be delayed to no earlier than March 2024 due to issues with the parachute system and wiring harnesses and further investigations. The flight is scheduled for 6 May 2024. The mission entails flying a crew of two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for a one-week test flight. The spacecraft was integrated with the Atlas launch vehicle on April 16, 2024 in preparation for launch.
Boeing Starliner-1 also called Post Certification Mission-1 (PCM-1) is planned to be the first operational crew mission of the Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Commercial Crew Program. It would be the fourth orbital flight mission of the Starliner overall. It is scheduled to launch no earlier than early 2025, transporting members of a future ISS Expedition.
The Boeing Starliner (or CST-100) is a class of two partially reusable spacecraft designed to transport crew to the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. It is manufactured by Boeing, with the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) of NASA as the anchor customer. The spacecraft consists of a reusable crew capsule and an expendable service module.The capsule has a diameter of 15 feet (4.56 m), slightly larger than either the Apollo command module or SpaceX Crew Dragon and smaller than the Artemis Orion capsule. Starliner can hold a crew of up to seven people and can remain docked to the ISS for up to seven months. The Starliner capsule is designed for reuse on up to ten missions. Starliner is launched on Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.After several rounds of competitive development contracts within the Commercial Crew Program starting in 2010, NASA selected Starliner, along with the SpaceX Crew Dragon, for the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract round. The first crewed test flight test was initially planned to occur in 2017.After a lengthy development process with multiple delays, Boeing flew the Orbital Flight Test 2 on May 19, 2022. The Crewed Flight Test was delayed until May 7, 2024. This is expected to be the last test flight before Starliner enters operational service with the Starliner-1 mission in 2025.
A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut, and Belarus's first space traveler safely returned to Earth after spending time aboard the International Space Station. The Russian Roscosmos agency reported the successful descent of the Sozuz MS-24 spacecraft near the Kazakh city of Jezkazgan. The mission marked the first space stint for Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vassilevskaya and American astronaut Loral O'Hara, with O'Hara completing a 204-day mission. The return highlighted the ongoing cooperation between Russia and the United States in space exploration despite challenges like financial issues and competition from private companies like SpaceX.
Boeing Starliner Calypso (Spacecraft 3) is a space capsule manufactured by Boeing and used in NASA's Commercial Crew Program. On 20 December 2019, Calypso launched on the Boeing Orbital Flight Test mission, an uncrewed test flight of Starliner to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was scheduled to dock to the ISS and then return to Earth following a week in space, although due to several software issues the spacecraft was unable to rendezvous with the station and landed after two days in space, resulting in Boeing needing to schedule a second Orbital Flight Test.
Boeing Starliner Spacecraft 2 is the first of two active Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft developed and built under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The spacecraft was originally scheduled to make its maiden flight on Boe-CFT, the first crewed flight test of the Starliner spacecraft, although following the partial failure of the other CST-100 on Boe-OFT which required a repeat uncrewed test (Boe-OFT-2) of the spacecraft to be scheduled, spacecraft 2 was reassigned to Boe-OFT-2 and also scheduled to fly Starliner-1 after being reassigned from CFT mission.
Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore (born December 29, 1962) is a NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He has had two spaceflights, the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station. Wilmore was designated as pilot with five other crew members on Space Shuttle Atlantis for the mission STS-129. He most recently served as part of Expedition 41 to the International Space Station.Prior to being selected as a NASA astronaut in July 2000, Wilmore was an experienced Navy test pilot. He also participated in the development of the T-45 Goshawk jet trainer.
This is a chronological list of expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS). An expedition to the ISS refers to the crew that is occupying the space station and using it for research and testing. Expeditions can last up to six months and include between two and seven crew members.Expeditions are numbered starting from one and sequentially increased with each expedition. Resupply mission crews and space tourists are excluded (see List of human spaceflights to the ISS for details). ISS commanders are listed in italics. "Duration" is the period of time between the crew's launch from Earth and until their decoupling from the ISS.Future international collaboration on ISS activities has been thrown into doubt by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on Russia.
Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by American space company SpaceX, primarily for flights to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX also launches private missions, such as Inspiration4 and Axiom Space Missions. There are two variants of the Dragon spacecraft: Crew Dragon, a spacecraft capable of ferrying four crewmembers, and Cargo Dragon, a replacement for the original Dragon 1 used to carry freight to and from space. The spacecraft consists of a reusable space capsule and an expendable trunk module. The spacecraft launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket and the capsule returns to Earth through splashdown. It has proven to be the most cost effective spacecraft in history to be used by NASA.Cargo Dragon supplies cargo to the ISS under a Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA. The first flight of Dragon 2 in a cargo configuration launched in December 2020. It shares this duty with Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, and Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spaceplane is expected to join them in 2024. As of July 2023, it is the only reusable orbital cargo spacecraft in operation.As of July 2023, Crew Dragon is the only U.S. human-rated orbital transport spacecraft. Crew Dragon's primary role is to transport crews to and from the ISS under NASA's Commercial Crew Program, succeeding the crew orbital transportation capabilities of the Space Shuttle, which retired from service in 2011. It will be joined by Boeing Starliner in this role in 2024. Crew Dragon is also used for commercial flights, some of them to the ISS, and is expected to be used to shuttle people to and from Axiom Space's planned space station.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy, both former astronauts, visited Mexico City for space diplomacy, discussing space exploration, global perspectives, and space-based communication technology with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. They emphasized the unifying aspect of space exploration and proposed the idea of Mexico having its own astronaut. Nelson highlighted the importance of connectivity through satellite technology like SpaceX's Starlink for remote areas. The visit aimed to strengthen US-Mexico relations through a shared interest in space activities.
The Columbia shuttle disaster on February 1, 2003, reshaped NASA's approach to innovation, highlighting risks in space exploration. The tragedy, resulting in the deaths of seven astronauts, was attributed to complacency, a flawed shuttle design, and ignored safety concerns. NASA's response included ending the space shuttle program and collaborating with private partners like SpaceX. The disaster prompted a year-long focus on safety and encouraging dissenting opinions within NASA's culture. The event marked a significant moment in space exploration history, forcing NASA to rely on Russia for space rides and reevaluating safety protocols.
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the fifteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilisation, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in September 1993 by the United States and Russia after 1980s plans for separate American (Freedom) and Soviet (Mir-2) space stations failed due to budgetary reasons. These agreements tie together the five space agencies and their respective International Space Station programmes and govern how they interact with each other on a daily basis to maintain station operations, from traffic control of spacecraft to and from the station, to utilisation of space and crew time. In March 2010, the International Space Station Program Managers from each of the five partner agencies were presented with Aviation Week's Laureate Award in the Space category, and the ISS programme was awarded the 2009 Collier Trophy.
Boeing provided Alaska Airlines with $61 million in supplier credit memos as additional compensation for the temporary grounding of 737 MAX 9 jets following a mid-air emergency in January. This compensation is in addition to the $162 million cash provided earlier in the first quarter. United Airlines, another affected customer, is also being compensated by Boeing. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation identified crucial bolts missing from the panel that blew out, leading to wider investigations into Boeing's production processes.
A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station is an artificial satellite (i.e., a type of orbital spaceflight). Stations must have docking ports to allow other spacecraft to dock to transfer crew and supplies. The purpose of maintaining an orbital outpost varies depending on the program. Space stations have most often been launched for scientific purposes, but military launches have also occurred.Space stations have harboured so far the only long-duration direct human presence in space. After the first station, Salyut 1 (1971), and the deaths of its Soyuz 11 crew, space stations have been operated consecutively since Skylab (1973), having allowed a progression of long-duration direct human presence in space. Stations have been occupied by consecutive crews since 1987 with the Salyut successor Mir. Uninterrupted occupation of stations has been achieved since the operational transition from the Mir to the ISS, with its first occupation in 2000.The ISS has hosted the highest number of people in orbit at the same time, reaching 13 for the first time during the eleven day docking of STS-127 in 2009. On May 30, 2023 there were 11 people on the ISS and 6 on China's TSS: with a total of 17 people in orbit, it set the record for most people in orbit as of 2023.As of 2024, there are two fully operational space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) – the International Space Station (ISS) and China's Tiangong Space Station (TSS). The ISS has been permanently inhabited since October 2000 with the Expedition 1 crews and the TSS began continuous inhabitation with the Shenzhou 14 crews in June 2022. These stations are used to study the effects of spaceflight on the human body, as well as to provide a location to conduct a greater number and longer length of scientific studies than is possible on other space vehicles. In 2022, the TSS finished its phase 1 construction with the addition of two lab modules: Wentian ("Quest for the Heavens"), launched on 24 July 2022, and Mengtian ("Dreaming of the Heavens") launched on 31 October 2022, joining the ISS as the most recent space station operating in orbit. In July 2022, Russia announced intentions to withdraw from the ISS after 2024 in order to build its own space station. There have been numerous decommissioned space stations, including the USSR's Salyuts and Mir, NASA's Skylab, and China's Tiangong 1 and Tiangong 2.
Boeing is threatening to lock out its private force of firefighters in the Seattle area if they do not accept the company's last offer on wages, citing precautionary measures due to the possibility of a strike. The labor showdown comes amid Boeing's significant losses and safety concerns. The union is seeking higher raises than what Boeing proposed, with a major point of contention being the time it takes for firefighters to reach the top pay scale. Boeing has lodged a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over the negotiations.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), CSA (Canada), and their contractors. ISS is the largest space station ever built. Its primary purpose is performing microgravity and space environment experiments.Operationally the station is divided into two sections: the Russian Orbital Segment assembled by Roscosmos and the US Orbital Segment assembled by NASA, JAXA, ESA and CSA. A striking feature of the ISS is the Integrated Truss Structure, which connects the large solar panels and radiators to the pressurized modules. The pressurized modules are specialized for research, habitation, storage, spacecraft control and airlock functions. Visiting spacecraft dock to the station via its eight docking and berthing ports. The ISS maintains an orbit with an average altitude of 400 kilometres (250 mi) and circles the Earth in roughly 93 minutes, completing 15.5 orbits per day.The ISS programme combines two prior plans to construct crewed Earth-orbiting stations: Space Station Freedom planned by the United States, and the Mir-2 station planned by the Soviet Union. The first ISS module was launched in 1998. Major modules have been launched by Proton and Soyuz rockets and by the Space Shuttle launch system. The first long-term residents, Expedition 1, arrived on 2 November 2000. Since then the station has been continuously occupied for 23 years and 123 days, the longest continuous human presence in space. As of December 2023, 273 individuals from 21 countries have visited the space station. The ISS is expected to have additional modules (the Axiom Orbital Segment, for example) before being de-orbited by a dedicated NASA spacecraft in January 2031.
Dragon is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX. The first family member, later named Dragon 1, flew 23 cargo missions to the ISS between 2010 and 2020 before retiring. This version, not designed to carry astronauts, was funded by NASA with $396 million awarded through the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, with SpaceX announced as a winner of the first round of funding on August 18, 2006.SpaceX developed its Dragon 2 spacecraft starting in 2014, with a cargo and crewed version. It entered service in 2019 with the Demo-1 flight, and performed its first flight with astronauts on May 30, 2020, during the Crew Dragon Demo-2 flight.SpaceX also investigated a version named Red Dragon for Mars exploration, but the project did not proceed.A version named Dragon XL is proposed to provide Gateway Logistics Services to the Lunar Gateway.
Five Europeans and an Australian have completed basic training to become astronauts at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, expanding ESA's astronaut corps to 11 eligible for International Space Station missions. ESA has secured spots on future Artemis moon missions through negotiations with NASA, with the latest graduates likely to participate in future missions. The agency also provides the service module for the Orion crew capsule and collaborates with NASA for space travel.
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