About 31 minutes after lift-off, Starliner - having now separated from the upper stage of its rocket - fires four thrusters to put itself in the right orbit. Getty Images Starliner sits atop an ...
Boeing's Starliner capsule "Calypso" has been in space for 71 days and counting as the company and NASA try to identify why multiple thrusters failed during docking. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore ...
Astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore were supposed to have stayed on the space station for eight days The two astronauts testing out Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft were supposed ...
I'm not complaining that we're here for a couple extra weeks." Wilmore said despite the thruster issues, the Starliner has been "truly impressive." Boeing and NASA said the astronauts could fly ...
Shortly after docking with the ISS, however, mission engineers detected multiple issues with Starliner’s thrusters, putting the astronauts’ return timeline into question. The team ultimately ...
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has undocked from the ... But due to problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters during its rendezvous with the space station, the return date was pushed back first ...
the pair of astronauts said they expect to return once thruster testing is complete here on Earth. Boeing’s Starliner has more test objectives to reach It is not yet clear to NASA officials if ...
During the current mission, which was the first to see Starliner carrying humans, issues emerged with the vehicle thrusters and a helium leak. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant ...
While the long delayed launch went off without issue, the Starliner spacecraft experienced additional helium leaks and a thruster malfunction upon docking with the ISS. The spacecraft thruster was ...
Because of concerns with Starliner’s thrusters and helium leaks on its propulsion module, NASA elected to play it safe and keep Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board the ISS while sending Starliner ...
THE STARLINER WOULD ENCOUNTER HELIUM LEAKS AND THRUSTER ISSUES, LEAVING NASA WITH A DIFFICULT DECISION. ULTIMATELY, THE STARLINER SPACECRAFT LANDED IN THE NEW MEXICO DESERT EMPTY. WE DO THINGS ...