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NASA says that the astronauts sent to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s malfunctioning Starliner spacecraft are “not stranded in space.” However, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams may be staying in orbit for a very long time.Continue Read… Continue reading Technical failures leave Starliner crew ‘not stranded’ on ISS indefinitely
Slashdot reader Required Snark shared this article from Ars Technica:
Almost exactly two years ago, as it prepared for the next generation of human spaceflight, NASA chose a pair of private companies to design and develop new spacesuits. These were to … Continue reading NASA’s Commercial Spacesuit Program Just Hit a Major Snag
Longtime Slashdot reader thephydes writes: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has announced that the SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) instrument on the Perseverance rover has been brou… Continue reading Mars Rover’s SHELOC Instrument Back Online
NASA will take ownership of the deorbit vehicle once completed, and will operate it throughout the mission sometime in 2030. While guiding the ISS into the atmosphere, it is expected that both the deorbit vehicle and the ISS – which is about the size o… Continue reading NASA selects SpaceX to destroy the International Space Station
A Florida homeowner has filed an unprecedented claim against NASA for damages caused by space debris that crashed through his roof in March. Alejandro Otero is seeking over $80,000 for property damage and other costs after a 1.6-pound metal object from… Continue reading NASA Faces First-Ever Claim for Space Debris Damage
Slashdot reader hackertourist shared this announcement from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Edward C. Stone, former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and project scientist of the Voyager mission for 50 years, died on June 9, 2024. He was… Continue reading In Memoriam: Dr. Ed Stone, Former NASA JPL Director and Voyager Project Scientist
wgoodman shares a report from The Register: NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in action and conducting normal science operations for the first time since the veteran probe began spouting gibberish at the end of 2023. All four of the spacecraft’s rema… Continue reading Voyager 1 Returns To Normal Science Operations
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft can’t seem to catch a break. Although it ultimately successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), five of the capsule’s reaction thrusters malfunctioned, delaying docking by over an hour.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Video: Starliner suffers thruster failures as it docks with ISS
It was umpteenth time lucky for Boeing today, as its Starliner spacecraft roared into orbit. At 10:52 am EDT, the capsule carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop an Atlas V rocket.Co… Continue reading Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft (finally!) makes it into space
Slashdot readers destinyland and LazarusQLong share a report from CNN: The third attempt was the charm for Boeing’s Starliner mission after launching its first crewed flight test Wednesday in a milestone that has been a decade in the making. The new sp… Continue reading Boeing Spacecraft Carrying Two Astronauts Lifts Off On Historic Maiden Voyage