STARLINER IS AT THE PAD
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is perched atop Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-41 for Thursday’s launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on the second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) in support of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Category: Space Talk
Boeing’s Starliner on track to launch crucial NASA test flight to space station on Thursday
Teams with NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance held a launch readiness review yesterday, (May 17), for Orbital Flight Test-2, which will send an uncrewed Starliner on a shakeout cruise to the orbiting lab. Everything went well, keeping Starliner on course to lift off atop a ULA Atlas V rocket on Thursday at 6:54pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA safety advisors voice concerns over Boeing’s Starliner, SpaceX’s Starship
West added that SpaceX plans to eventually launch the huge next-generation Starship rocket, currently under development in South Texas, from the Kennedy Space Center could pose a risk to the Falcon 9 and Dragon launch facility at pad 39A.
Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy
During a press conference hosted by the U.S. National Science Foundation with the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in Washington, D.C. today, astronomers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
A super-long blood moon is coming. Here’s how to see it.
The large full moon will be totally eclipsed by Earth, bathing the lunar surface in shades of deep red. This phenomenon is why total lunar eclipses are commonly called blood moons, and this particular eclipse will be one of the longest of the decade.
Boeing clashes with key supplier ahead of Starliner spacecraft launch
Boeing Co is feuding with Aerojet Rocketdyne, a key supplier for its Starliner spacecraft, as the U.S. aerospace giant races to test launch the uncrewed astronaut capsule and mend its reputation in the space sector
Astra prepares for TROPICS launch campaign
Small launch vehicle developer Astra says it is ready to perform a series of launches for NASA once it receives a license for those missions.
SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronaut mission will return to Earth early Friday morning
SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronaut mission will get to spend a few extra hours aboard the International Space Station (ISS), if all goes according to plan.
SpaceX launches Crew-4 to space station on a Dragon named Freedom
SpaceX successfully launched its fourth astronaut mission to the International Space Station for NASA before dawn Wednesday, bringing the company’s total crewed flight tally to seven.
Meet Crew-4: Robert Hines
Astronaut Robert Hines of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, SpaceX Crew-4 Pilot