CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – Starliner will send its first astronaut crew into space as early as Monday (May 6), and Mission Control is planning one last major test to prepare for the event. NASA And Boeing Starliner officials worked together at the government agency Johnson Space Center in Houston during an hour-long prelaunch test on … Read more
The launch of two astronauts on a Boeing commercial spacecraft will be a first for the company, but will also return American human spaceflight to a rocket and launch site that hasn’t been used by crews in more than 50 years. The Crew Flight Test (CFT) for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule is ready to fly … Read more
Ending an era in American rocketry, United Launch Alliance fired its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy Tuesday, launching a secret spy satellite in the last hurray of a legendary rocket family dating back to the beginning of the space age. The Heavy’s three hydrogen-powered RS-68A first stage engines ignited with a stream of … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A revolutionary new satellite that will provide unprecedented insight into Earth’s microscopic marine life and tiny atmospheric particles is ready for launch. The NASA PACE mission, or Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem, will launch … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A revolutionary new satellite that will provide unprecedented insight into Earth’s microscopic marine life and tiny atmospheric particles is ready for launch. The NASA PACE mission, or Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem, will launch … Read more
The brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur, will lift off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 8, 2024, for its maiden voyage, carrying the Peregrine Lunar Lander from Astrobotic. The mission, called Cert-1, will also carry the cremated remains of several … Read more