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Boeing Starliner capsule returns to Earth, capping key uncrewed test mission

Boeing Starliner capsule returns to Earth, capping key uncrewed test mission

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Boeing Co’s Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station and landed in New Mexico on Wednesday, capping a high-stakes test flight as NASA’s next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit. Less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral US Space Force Base in Florida, the CST-100 Starliner capsule plunged through […]

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Boeing Starliner: 5 facts you need to know about the spacecraft

Boeing Starliner: 5 facts you need to know about the spacecraft

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Boeing recently rocketed its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft into orbit successfully. The passenger spacecraft, which is set to dock soon at the International Space Station (ISS), is set to complete its mission by next week. Boeing is currently one of only two companies (along with Elon Musk’s SpaceX) that is directly funded by NASA to develop […]

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft —finally — blasts into orbit

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft —finally — blasts into orbit

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Boeing Co and NASA launched the long-delayed Starliner space capsule for a planned rendezvous with the International Space Station, following two earlier failed attempts for a program that has bedeviled the company and left SpaceX as the only American option for ferrying astronauts. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the craft, without crew, […]

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