‘We just did not have enough time to get to the end of that runway.’ NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore, who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner capsule in June 2024, discuss their mission
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s (BA.N), opens new tab faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA officials said
‘Things like this really makes spaceflight quite wonderful.’ Expedition 70 crew members Jeanette Epps, Tracy Dyson, Michael Barratt, Loral O’Hara and Oleg Kononenko model eclipse glasses ahead of the April 8 total solar eclipse over North America (Image credit: NASA) As
Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos, NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus lifted off on Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft today (March 23). For the first time, a spacecraft has lifted off with a flight attendant aboard, but there will
‘Everybody expects Canada to bring the potato salad.’ Canadarm3 is the centerpiece of Canada’s contribution to the Artemis program that led to a seat aboard the Artemis 2 mission. But Canada is involved in a lot more lunar activity as
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, center, and Dmitri Petelin, right, with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, left, walk to report to Russia’s Roscosmos space agency head prior to the launch at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 21. (Natalia
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will soon fulfil the role of commander of the International Space Station, taking over from fellow Expedition 67 crew member Oleg Artemyev. Samantha Cristoforetti Since beginning her Minerva mission in April 2022, Samantha has served as
Crew-3 is scheduled to splash down off the Florida coast early Friday morning (May 6). The SpaceX Dragon capsule Endurance, carrying the Crew-3 astronauts, undocks from the International Space Station on May 5, 2022. (Image credit: NASA TV) SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronaut
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei set new record for longest single mission by an American. A record-setting American astronaut and his two Russian crewmates have returned together from the International Space Station, showing that cooperation in space can continue even
The Shenzhou 13 mission is scheduled to launch at 12:23 pm EDT (1623 GMT) on Friday (Oct. 15). The Shenzhou 13 crew meet reporters at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 14, 2021. (Image credit: CMSA) China is all set to