Starliner

Stranded NASA astronauts say being stuck in space is just part of the job

4:41pm September 13, 2024

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams revealed what life has been like aboard the International Space Station after problems arose with their Starliner spacecraft, which returned home empty last week.

With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch

12:10am September 07, 2024

The spacecraft landed in New Mexico early Saturday morning leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station. The crew members will return to earth in February aboard a SpaceX craft.

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An empty Boeing Starliner is set to return next week, while its crew stays in space

10:51am August 30, 2024

An empty Boeing Starliner is scheduled to return from the International Space Station in early September. It will fly home autonomously while its crew remains in space until February.

NASA will bring stranded astronauts back on SpaceX — not Boeing's Starliner

7:00am August 24, 2024

Boeing's troubled Starliner remains docked at the International Space Station as NASA decides it is too risky to bring the astronauts home on the spacecraft. The two astronauts will return in February.

NASA delays next crew launch to buy time at the space station for troubled Starliner

3:57am August 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

Starliner's test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, should have returned by mid-June. NASA is weighing its options for returning the two, including a ride home in a rival SpaceX capsule.

NASA still doesn't know when two astronauts will be able to come home

4:08pm July 25, 2024

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA still is not sure when two astronauts might come home in Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft.

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Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is seen at Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 7, a day after its mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of an issue with a pressure regulation valve.

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again

11:13am May 18, 2024

by John Helton

A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems.

In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station.

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Boeing finds new problems with Starliner space capsule and delays first crewed launch

9:26pm June 01, 2023

by Russell Lewis

Boeing was set to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The Starliner program has been plagued by delays.

Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel work around the Boeing Starliner spacecraft shortly after it landed in White Sands, N.M., Sunday.

Boeing's Starliner Lands Safely Back To Earth After Aborted Space Station Mission

2:02pm December 22, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The journey is being hailed as a major achievement despite failing to complete a core objective: docking at the international space station. NASA hopes to launch U.S. astronauts in space in 2020.