NASA has again delayed Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth
23 Jun
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NASA has again delayed Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth

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NASA Space Technology NASACNN — NASA announced Friday night that it is again delaying the Boeing Starliner capsule’s return to Earth from the International Space Station.NASA did not immediately announce a new undocking date, but indicated the return of Starliner’s crew, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, won’t come until July.In a blog post, the federal space agency said the move “allow(s) mission teams time to review propulsion system data.”“Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft remains cleared for return in case of an emergency on the space station that required the crew to leave orbit and come back to Earth,” the post said in a sign that the spacecraft is still considered viable. Back to top button
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NASA to give status update as Boeing Starliner awaits departure from ISS
18 Jun
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NASA to give status update as Boeing Starliner awaits departure from ISS

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NASA Space Technology 1 of 2 | Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams (both dressed in blue) were welcomed June 6 aboard the International Space Station following a successful docking. Starliner launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on June 5 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. File NASA image/UPI | License PhotoJune 17 (UPI) -- NASA will join Boeing on Tuesday to review the repeatedly delayed Starliner mission and the craft's departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test.The 12 p.m. EDT pre-departure media teleconference will evaluate mission requirements and weather conditions at available landing locations in the southwestern U.S. "before committing to the spacecraft's departure from the orbiting laboratory," according to NASA.Starliner's return to Earth has been...
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NASA space mission to launch artificial star into space
18 Jun
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NASA space mission to launch artificial star into space

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NASA Space Technology In upcoming years, the twinkle of stars in the night sky might be joined by the glow of laser beams.A new NASA space project, the Landolt Mission, plans to launch an artificial “star” into Earth’s orbit. The project will be used to more accurately determine the absolute flux calibration of stars, also known as their brightness. The mission ground control will be based at George Mason University in the state of Virginia. The mission expands on the work of its inspiration and namesake Arlo Landoltthe late astronomer and pioneer of stellar brightness catalogs.“His last name is famous in the whole astronomy community. The Landolt standard star…everyone knows what that is,” said Daniel Huber, an associate astronomer and professor at the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy.The new project will compare the brightness...
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