Tag: Boeing
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NASA shuffles crew for Boeing Starliner space taxi’s test flight due to medical issue
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke tests the Orion spaceship exit procedure at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas. (NASA via YouTube) NASA says a medical issue is forcing a switch in the crew for the Boeing Starliner space taxi’s first crewed test flight to the International Space Station, currently scheduled for…
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First of up to seven ULA launches this year set for Saturday
File photo of the Delta 4-Heavy on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: United Launch Alliance The first of up to seven missions planned on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas and Delta rocket fleets this year is scheduled for Saturday from California’s Central Coast, when a Delta 4-Heavy is set for blastoff…
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Move over, Elon: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg ‘absolutely’ would go to Mars
CNBC’s Becky Quick, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson look on as Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg talks about his Red Planet aspirations. (CNBC / BRT via YouTube) Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg often says that the first person to set foot on Mars will get there on a Boeing-built rocket, but at…
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NASA reviews safety at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smokes pot on video
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner are being developed to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station for NASA. (SpaceX / Boeing Illustrations) NASA has ordered a review of workplace safety at SpaceX and Boeing, the two companies developing spaceships to ferry its astronauts to and from the International Space Station, in…
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Atlas 5 rocket begins arriving in Florida for commercial crew test flight
The dual-engine Centaur upper stage assigned to the first launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is transported from ULA’s Mariner vessel to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. Credit: NASA/Chris Chamberland The Centaur upper stage destined to send Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew capsule into orbit on its first unpiloted test flight next year has…
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Boeing and ISS National Lab award $500,000 to boost cancer research in orbit
The International Space Station serves as a platform for microgravity research. (NASA photo) For the fifth year in a row, Boeing and the International Space Station’s U.S. national laboratory are partnering to pay out up to $500,000 in grants for startup research in orbit. The three projects selected this year through the Boston-based MassChallenge “Technology…
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Safety panel says much work left to do before commercial crew ships fly
A test model of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft descends under four main parachutes over Naval Air Facility El Centro in Southern California during a drop test earlier this year. The Crew Dragon will normally return to splash down at sea, but this test gathered data on the parachutes’ performance during an abort that would force…
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NASA watchdogs blame SLS rocket snags on Boeing missteps and poor oversight
A structural test version of the intertank for NASA’s new deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System, arrives at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in March for testing aboard the barge Pegasus. The intertank is the second piece of structural hardware for the massive SLS core stage. (NASA Photo) NASA’s Space Launch System, the rocket that’s…
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Boeing leads $3M round to boost Accion Systems’ electric space propulsion system
An artist’s conception shows Accion Systems’ electrospray thruster chips (in gold) arranged in a propulsion array on a satellite. (Accion Systems Illustration / Zina Deretsky) Boeing’s venture capital fund is leading a $3 million investment round for Accion Systems, a Boston-based startup whose electric propulsion system for satellites could get its next in-space test early…
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No commercial crew test flights expected this year
Artist’s concept of the CST-100 Starliner and Crew Dragon (lower left and upper right). Credit: NASA BREMEN, Germany — NASA has released new target dates for test flights of commercial crew capsules in development by SpaceX and Boeing, with unpiloted demo missions by SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spaceships now scheduled for January…