Tag: Boeing
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NASA sets mid-January target for SLS hot fire test
NASA is moving forward with a crucial test-firing of the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket as soon as Jan. 17 after engineers were satisfied with the results of a fueling test last month. The hot fire test is the culmination of the SLS Green Run, a year-long series of…
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Year in Aerospace: The comeback begins for Boeing and for American spaceflight
An American Airlines 737 MAX 8 jet takes off on a test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tulsa, Okla., on Dec. 2. (American Airlines Photo) Boeing’s rebuilding year drew to a close today with a milestone capping a momentous year in aerospace: the first U.S. passenger flight for a 737 MAX jet since the worldwide…
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SLS cryogenic tanking test preps begin this weekend
The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System inside the B-2 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA Final preparations began this weekend at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to load super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the massive core stage of the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket for…
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Rocket Lab recovers booster after launch with 30 small satellites
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) with image of booster. The Electron first stage is seen in the Pacific Ocean in this image shared by Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck on Twitter. Credit: Rocket Lab via Peter Beck Rocket Lab says the first stage of its Electron launcher splashed down under…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches Electron, booster parachutes into sea
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying 30 small payloads into low Earth orbit. The mission will feature Rocket Lab’s first attempt to recover an Electron booster intact for refurbishment and reuse. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow…
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Boeing subsidiary ready to launch satellite deorbiting experiment
Artist’s concept of the DragRacer satellites. Credit: Millennium Space Systems Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, built two small satellites awaiting launch Thursday night on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket on a mission to test the effectiveness of a drag-inducing device that could help remove spacecraft from orbit. The two small satellites are part of…
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NASA chief warns of gap after retirement of International Space Station
File photo from the International Space Station as the outpost flew over the Nile River delta n Egypt in August 2019. Credit: NASA The International Space Station is likely to continue operating for another decade, but without more government support, a privately-owned outpost may not be ready in time to replace it, NASA Administrator Jim…
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NASA’s Boeing-built moon rovers are granted Washington state landmark status
Apollo 17’s lunar rover sits at its resting place at the Taurus-Littrow landing site in 1972. (NASA Photo) Three hot rods on the moon are now official Washington state historic landmarks, thanks to a unanimous vote by a state commission. The thumbs-up, delivered on Friday during a virtual public hearing organized by the Washington State…
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Crucial first fueling test on tap for SLS core stage later this month
The first Space Launch System core stage on the B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA If all goes according to plan, engineers in southern Mississippi later this month will load cryogenic propellants into the core stage of a rocket NASA says will launch astronauts back to the moon, exposing…
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Commander of first piloted Starliner test flight steps down from mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, left, and Chris Ferguson, director of Mission Integration and Operations at Boeing, train for the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which will carry astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Credit: NASA Christopher Ferguson, commander…