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NASA has bumped two female astronauts, including the commander, from the next SpaceX crew rotation flight to the International Space Station, freeing up two seats to give the agency’s Starliner astronauts a ride home next February. Rookie Crew 9 commander Zena Cardman and veteran Stephanie Wilson will remain behind when the Crew Dragon ferry ship
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Blue Origin launched six passengers, including a NASA-sponsored researcher and the youngest woman to fly in space, on a sub-orbital trip out of the lower atmosphere Thursday in the company’s eighth crewed spaceflight. University of Florida researcher Rob Ferl, philanthropist Nicolina Elrick, adventurer Eugene Grin, Vanderbilt University cardiologist Elman Jahangir, American-Israeli entrepreneur Ephraim Rabin and
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The planned Wednesday launch of four civilians on a privately chartered spaceflight featuring the first commercial spacewalk has been delayed again, this time because of predicted bad off-shore weather where the crew capsule will splash down at the end of the flight, SpaceX announced late Tuesday. The company said the Polaris Dawn launch was off
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The launch of four civilians on a privately chartered spaceflight — the Polaris Dawn, featuring the first commercial spacewalk — is on track for early Wednesday after a 24-hour delay to resolve a helium leak in a launch pad umbilical system. Jared Isaacman, the flight’s billionaire commander, former F-16 pilot Scott Poteet and two SpaceX
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Polaris Dawn crew to make history with all-civilian spacewalk – CBS News Watch CBS News Four civilian astronauts are preparing for a historic mission to new heights above Earth. SpaceX is launching Polaris Dawn, which will also feature the first commercial spacewalk. Mark Strassman has details. View CBS News In Be the first to know
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NASA astronauts to remain in space until 2025 after Boeing Starliner delays – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA astronauts Sunny Williams and Butch Wilmore were supposed to spend 8 days in space, but now they will remain there until February due to issues with the Boeing Starliner. With their return delayed, they must wait
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Jared Isaacman, a billionaire adventurer and philanthropist who chartered the first commercial flight to orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon in 2021 plans to blast off with three crewmates on an even more daring flight Tuesday, this one featuring the first commercial spacewalks. Wearing innovative SpaceX-designed suits and connected to their spacecraft by 12-foot-long umbilicals
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After weeks of debate, NASA has ruled out bringing two astronauts back to Earth aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule because of lingering concerns about multiple helium leaks and degraded thrusters, both critical to a successful re-entry, officials said Saturday. Despite successful tests of the Starliner’s maneuvering thrusters, detailed analyses and confirmation the known propulsion system helium
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NASA leaders to decide return plans for Starliner astronauts – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s decision day for NASA as leaders of the space agency meet in Houston today to decide whether Boeing’s Starliner will return to Earth with or without its two astronauts. The spacecraft experienced problems with its propulsion system on its
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NASA engineers met Friday to review test results and make recommendations on whether to bring two astronauts back to Earth aboard Boeing’s Starliner ferry ship or keep them in orbit an additional six months and bring them home aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other senior agency managers planned to
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