The uncrewed CST-100 Starliner launched yesterday in a critical second test of the troubled commercial crew system.
The second orbital flight test of Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 is scheduled for takeoff today at 6:54 p.m. EDT.
The first private astronauts, who paid $55 million to journey to the ISS, needed some handholding from the regular crew.
The team from Axiom Space spent an extra week in low Earth orbit due to weather delays.
The four crew members of Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission will spend eight days in low Earth orbit.
Axiom's Ax-1 is set to lift off Friday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The missions, collectively known as the Polaris Program, will attempt the highest Earth orbit ever flown and the first fully commercial spacewalk.
Space ain't what it used to be, nor will it ever be the same again, as this year so aptly demonstrated.
Ongoing launch delays are forcing NASA and SpaceX to get creative with their scheduling.
The malfunctioning toilet caused urine to spill onto fans and reach beneath the floor of the Crew Dragon capsule.
In an update, NASA said the company had made progress on resolving the oxidation valve issue that scrapped its August test launch.
The all-private crew remained calm, despite not always being able to communicate with mission controllers on the ground.
Crew member Chris Sembroski said it best: “Holy shit.”
Inspiration4 was supposed to make space seem accessible, but the silent treatment we’ve been given has made the final frontier seem more distant than ever.
A glass dome atop the Crew Dragon will allow for stunning panoramic views of Earth and space—and also a safe place to go to the toilet.
The five-hour launch window begins today at 8:02 p.m. EDT (5:02 p.m. PDT), with pre-launch coverage starting four hours earlier.
The second uncrewed test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner won’t happen for at least several months—if not longer.
Initial reports said the space station spun 45 degrees. The actual figure is far scarier.
Early Friday morning, NASA will attempt to launch a CrewDragon to the International Space Station. The occasion will mark just the third time that astronauts will fly aboard the newly developed SpaceX capsule. You can watch the action live right here. A Falcon 9 rocket fitted with the CrewDragon is scheduled to launch at 5:49…
Update 2:25 p.m. ET: Belly flop success! The cables suspending the Orion capsule above the water disconnected, and the researchers got a great look at how the spacecraft would fall in a real-world setting. Future tests will include a drop from a greater height and a “swing test,” in which the module is launched like…
