Tag: Boeing
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NASA evaluating CCP Loss Of Crew and Mishap procedures
NASA’s transition from the Space Shuttle to the commercial crew vehicles will dramatically improve crew safety parameters relating to the transportation of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). However, preparing for the worst is a necessary requirement that is currently being evaluated by NASA, per presentations to the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP). Loss Of…
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NASA taps Boeing for first commercial crew flight to International Space Station
Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100. Photo via Boeing. Boeing will help NASA get back into the business of transporting people to the International Space Station. NASA announced on Wednesday that it has tasked Boeing to fly astronauts to the ISS in 2017, marking its first commercial order for a human spaceflight mission. The “crew rotation mission” is part of…
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Boeing gets first order for commercial crew mission
Artist’s concept of Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule approaching the International Space Station. Credit: Boeing NASA has placed an order with Boeing for the first operational mission to ferry a crew to the International Space Station in a new era of commercial human spaceflight. The flight is expected to occur in late 2017 after Boeing’s CST-100…
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X-37B spaceplane’s orbit discovered
Credit: Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — Hobbyists who keep track of the skies with remarkable precision have found the U.S. Air Force’s mini space shuttle in its no-longer-secret orbit around the Earth. The X-37B craft, making the program’s fourth mission into space, was launched May 20 from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Video: Fourth X-37B launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the fourth mission of the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane. See our earlier launch coverage.
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Photos: Pad cameras capture Atlas 5 launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane lifts off at 11:05 a.m. EDT from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See our earlier launch coverage.
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Photos: Atlas 5 sets sail to orbit
A windowless, robotic space shuttle with stubby wings, two tail fins, its belly covered with black thermal tiles, clam-shell doors that swing open to reveal a small payload bay and a solar array that unfurls for powering ultralong-duration missions rode back into orbit Wednesday on the fourth mission of the Air Force’s reusable X-37B spaceplane…
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Launch story: X-37B embarks on fourth voyage in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL — A windowless, robotic space shuttle with stubby wings, two tail fins, its belly covered with black thermal tiles, clam-shell doors that swing open to reveal a small payload bay and a solar array that unfurls for powering ultralong-duration missions rode back into orbit Wednesday on the fourth mission of the Air Force’s…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with X-37B spaceplane
(Launch webcast begins at 10:45 a.m. EDT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane on its fourth mission into space. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.