For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The Boeing Starliner astronaut ferry ship stacked atop the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket was rolled back from Launch Complex-41 and returned to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, August 5, after problems with the functionality and movement of propulsion valves in the
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 crew capsule astronaut ferry ship launch attempt this morning, Tuesday, Aug. 3, was scrubbed indefinitely due to problems with the “unexpected valve position indications in the propulsion system” as the spacecraft was poised for liftoff on its second attempt at an unpiloted test flight to reach the International Space Station (ISS) for
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA has retargeted the liftoff of Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 crew capsule astronaut ferry ship on its second unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) to midday August 3 atop an Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Spaceport following the inadvertent thrust firing incident of the newly docked Russian Nauka science module
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – In a case of ‘High Drama at the High Frontier’ in an event filled day, the International Space Station (ISS) temporarily lost orientation control and was tilted out from its normal orbital flight path just three hours after the docking of Russia’s newly arrived ‘Nauka’ science module when its maneuvering thrusters unexpectedly
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – After more than a year of hardware and software fixes and upgrades Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew spacecraft rolled out in the dead of night Saturday, July 17, from the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) manufacturing building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a trek to the launch pad on
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – United Launch Alliance (ULA) has finished stacking their Atlas V carrier rocket destined for Boeing’s second unpiloted Starliner capsule test flight on a critical mission for NASA to prove the commercial system can safely carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) – with liftoff of the OFT-2 flight still remaining
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA and Boeing are targeting July 30 for liftoff of the Starliner’s second unpiloted test flight atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Spaceport on a critical mission to prove the commercial system can safely carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), following a botched first test
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – In a major step towards launching NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) the components for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket that will propel the Boeing Starliner commercial crew capsule to space were offloaded from the delivery ship R/S Rocketship Monday, June 21 after arrival
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA and Boeing have decided to slip the launch of Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test to no earlier than NET April 2 to carry our more testing and processing to ensure the spacecraft is ready to safely and effectively carry out the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission to the International Space Station as part
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Following a military mission delay for the U.S. Space Force NASA and Boeing are now targeting NET March 25, for the launch of Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) since a slot has opened up on the Eastern Range schedule for the Atlas V carrier rocket needed for