Boeing Employees ‘Humiliated’ As SpaceX To Rescue Astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams Due To Starliner Issues
27 Aug
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Boeing Employees ‘Humiliated’ As SpaceX To Rescue Astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams Due To Starliner Issues

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NASA Space Technology Last Updated: August 26, 2024, 14:31 ISTWashington D.C., United States of America (USA)NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams walk at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, on the day of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., June 1. (Reuters)NASA Space Technology Boeing employees are “humiliated” after NASA chose SpaceX to rescue astronauts stranded on the ISS due to issues with Boeing’s Starliner capsule, a worker revealsBoeing employees are reportedly feeling “humiliated” after NASA announced that two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) due to issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will have to be rescued by SpaceX next year.Butch Wilmore and Indian-American Sunita Williams, who went to the ISS in June for what was supposed to be an 8-day mission, will now have to wait until...
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NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Mission Permanently Knocked Moon Off Orbit?
27 Aug
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NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Mission Permanently Knocked Moon Off Orbit?

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NASA Space Technology An illustration depicting NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system. (Image courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Remember when NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid last year? Well, the aftermath of that cosmic collision just got a whole lot more interesting.In a groundbreaking study published in the Planetary Science Journalscientists have uncovered some unexpected results from NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. It turns out that when DART slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022, it didn’t just leave a dent – it completely reshaped the celestial body and potentially set it on a chaotic new path.Breaking down what happened and why it mattersFirst, a quick refresher: DART was NASA’s test run for planetary defense. The...
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SpaceX will bring Boeing’s Starliner astronauts home from the International Space Station
27 Aug
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SpaceX will bring Boeing’s Starliner astronauts home from the International Space Station

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NASA Space Technology SpaceX will bring home the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for the last two months because of troubles with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, NASA announced Saturday.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the decision, which followed a formal review conducted Saturday, was driven by the agency’s commitment to safety, especially after the loss of 14 astronauts in the 1986 Challenger explosion and the 2003 Columbia disaster on its return to Earth.“This whole discussion, remember, is put in the context of we have had mistakes done in the past,” Nelson said at a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “Spaceflight is risky, even at its safest and even at its most routine. And a test flight by nature is neither safe nor routine.”The decision by NASA to bring home...
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Blue Origin targets mid-October for New Glenn’s inaugural flight and launch of NASA’s Escapade Mars mission
27 Aug
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Blue Origin targets mid-October for New Glenn’s inaugural flight and launch of NASA’s Escapade Mars mission

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NASA Space Technology Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy-lift rocket and its Mars-bound NASA payload now have a tentative launch date. The company said on Friday that the inaugural flight will take place no earlier than October 13, carrying two probes built by Rocket Lab to help NASA study the effects of solar wind on Mars’ atmosphere. This will be the first time New Glenn flies after years of delays in its development, and the date cuts well into the window of opportunity for travel to Mars, which occurs roughly every two years based on the planetary alignments. That launch period opens on September 29 and extends to mid-October, per Ars Technica.The mission will lift off from Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The twin spacecraft of NASA’s Escape and...
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