After weeks of debate, NASA has ruled out bringing two astronauts back to Earth aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule because of lingering concerns about multiple helium leaks and degraded thrusters, both critical to a successful re-entry,…
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with…
AP Business Writer NASA’s announcement Saturday that it won’t use a troubled Boeing capsule to return two stranded astronauts to Earth is a yet another setback for the struggling company, although the financial damage is likely to be less…
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says his Starship rocket will make 'multiplanetary' life a possibility after it was announced NASA would rely on SpaceX to rescue Boeing's Starliner-1 crew.
SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell has shared that her company is ready to work with NASA to bring back astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Wilmore and Williams' fate was…
Boeing’s Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stuck at the International Space Station for 11 weeks. NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to return to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. The pair have…
Two astronauts who have been at the International Space Station since early June will return aboard a SpaceX vehicle rather than the Boeing spacecraft that transported them there.
NASA decided Saturday it's too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing's troubled new capsule, and they'll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the pair…
NASA decided Saturday it's too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing's troubled new capsule, and they'll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX