HOUSTON – Everyone thought Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft would have flown astronauts before now. Starliner is ready to take two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Monday (May 6), but it’s been a long road to get here. Instead of one unmanned test mission to the ISS, Boeing needed two … Read more
If all goes well, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will blast into space late on May 6, 2024 on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. This final crucial test for Starliner, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, will test the new spacecraft and take the pair to the International Space Station for about a week. This … Read more
Two veteran astronauts flew to the Kennedy Space Center Thursday afternoon to prepare for the first pilot launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, a highly anticipated flight that has been years in the making behind schedule after two unmanned test flights and extensive work to solve a variety of technical problems. Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and … Read more