Boeing names its new Apollo-style spacecraft the Starliner
Boeing already has the Dreamliner. Now it also has the Starliner.
Boeing already has the Dreamliner. Now it also has the Starliner.
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Sep 4, 2015
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Boeing faces 61 safety fixes following last year's botched test flight of its Starliner crew capsule, NASA said Friday.
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2020
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SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined by COVID-19.
Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2020
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In 1961, an American astronaut reached space for the first time and soared through the heavens in a gumdrop-shaped capsule.
Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2017
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The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and the four crew members—a billionaire and three other Americans—have already seen more than 25 sunsets and sunrises.
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Sep 18, 2021
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An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia. No injuries were reported following ...
Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2014
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NASA and SpaceX are now aiming for a March debut of the first capsule from a private company designed to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Feb 6, 2019
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Boeing is all set to launch its Starliner spacecraft for the first time to the International Space Station at the end of this week, a key mission as NASA looks to resume crewed flight by 2020.
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2019
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The NASA official who managed the inaugural private crewed flight into space last month has been promoted to become the first female head of human spaceflight, the agency said Friday, as it prepares to return people to the ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2020
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Four astronauts carried into orbit by a SpaceX Crew Dragon boarded the International Space Station on Tuesday, the first of what NASA hopes will be many routine missions ending US reliance on Russian rockets.
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2020
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