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No planned date to return to Earth for two NASA astronauts due to issues with Boeing Starliner spacecraft
The two NASA astronauts were scheduled to return on June 14. However, the pair has no set date to r…
ANI
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Boeing Starliner with Sunita Williams onboard could wait months in space before return as NASA mulls extending mission duration
Officials have repeatedly hinted that the Starliner, which faced issues with helium leaks and thrus…
ANI
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SpaceX launches half-empty spaceship so it can bring Boeing's astronaut crew home next year
It's SpaceX to the rescue after NASA officials made a tough safety call to send Boeing's Starliner …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Lauren …
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Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Watch live as SpaceX's commercial astronauts attempt mission's historic EVA
The Polaris Dawn mission attempts a historic spacewalk today. Watch live as SpaceX's commercial ast…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Meet SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew: The daring 4 who are in space on the most ambitious private space mission in history
The Polaris Dawn crew — Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon — is traveling d…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will take off on Friday. Here’s what the crew is going to be wearing
The four-member crew of non-professional astronauts will be wearing newly designed SpaceX extravehi…
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What Trump's second term means for space and why one expert is 'hugely optimistic'
The Trump and Musk alliance could speed up the next human moon landing and Starship's first mission…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX is launching 4 people on a risky mission to fly through radiation belts and do the first commercial spacewalk
SpaceX's latest daring billionaire mission aims to open the Crew Dragon spaceship in the vacuum of …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to address Earth from orbiting international Space Station
Meanwhile, crew of the Polaris Dawn the Elon Musk-led private charted spaceflight created history w…
ANI
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Polaris Dawn's spacewalk will be historic — and risky. Here's everything to know.
The Polaris Dawn mission's historic EVA will be the astronauts' first, the first commercial spacewa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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SpaceX launches 4 people, including a billionaire, on the most ambitious private human spaceflight yet
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission lifted off with plans to attempt the first commercial spacewalk, in a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mikhail…
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5 careers in the space industry that new grads should focus on, according to a VC
Various career paths can lead new grads to working in the space industry. Jobs on the rise include …
Robin Madell
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Elon Musk calls out Boeing's historic first crewed spaceflight, saying SpaceX beat them to the punch years ago
SpaceX flew its first NASA astronauts to the space station four years sooner and $1.6 billion cheap…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA says Elon Musk's SpaceX will bring home the Boeing astronauts stuck in space — but not until next year
Two astronauts have been stuck at the International Space Station for almost three months after Boe…
Lauren Edmonds,Morgan McFall-…
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NASA admits it's been working with SpaceX on a backup plan to retrieve Boeing's 2 stuck astronauts. It doesn't sound ideal.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams rode a Boeing spaceship to the space station. They …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA says it can ask SpaceX to bring Boeing astronauts home if needed, as they reach 51 days on the space station
Two NASA astronauts have been stuck on the space station for 51 days while Boeing troubleshoots its…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch Boeing launch its Starliner spaceship for NASA on a do-over flight to the International Space Station
NASA needs Boeing's Starliner spaceship to transport astronauts, but first the company has to fly i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft finally took off on its crewed mission on Wednesday after being plagu…
Jessica Orwig,Paul Squire
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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft isn't totally safe from the cost-cutting, KPI-focused company culture…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Boeing was supposed to start flying astronauts for NASA 2 years ago. Now its glitching spaceship may not do so until 2023.
Boeing's Starliner spaceship has failed to reach the International Space Station twice. Now it like…