Boeing’s Starliner is about to launch. If successful, the test will mark a major milestone for commercial spaceflight

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 American companies launch spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other

A pair of companies plan to launch unmanned spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year in a NASA-funded effort that could mark the first soft landings for the United States on the lunar surface since the last of the Apollo missions in 1972. But in a sign of how the … Read more

Two American companies launch spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other

A pair of companies plan to launch unmanned spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year in a NASA-funded effort that could mark the first soft landings for the United States on the lunar surface since the last of the Apollo missions in 1972. But in a sign of how the … Read more