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NASA has rescheduled the planned return three times, and now has no date set for it. (File) Washington: Problems with Boeing’s Starliner capsule, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have upended the original plans for its return of its two astronauts to Earth, as last-minute fixes and tests draw out a mission crucial…
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams (seated L) and Butch Wilmore (seated R) pose with the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) after the docking of the Boeing Starliner on June 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Problems with Boeing’s Starliner capsule, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have upended the original plans for…
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The American space agency NASA has confirmed that the return of Indian origin astronaut Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS) has been further delayed and no new date has been set for her “happy landing”. This comes as the spacecraft in which she travelled to space, the Boeing Starliner, has been facing a…
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The countdown to launch had reached the final stages when the automatic abort was triggered. New Delhi: Boeing’s Starliner space capsule was set for its inaugural test flight with NASA astronauts, including Indian-origin Sunita Williams, on board. However, the launch was automatically halted mere minutes before liftoff due to a computer abort system, marking another…
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This would have been the third space travel for Sunita Williams. (FILE) New Delhi: Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, the poster girl for women aspiring to fly into space, was set to reach for the skies again today in a brand-new spacecraft, but it did not happen as planned. The launch into space on the…
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This would have been the third space travel for Sunita Williams. (FILE) New Delhi: Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, the poster girl for women aspiring to fly into space, was set to reach for the skies again today in a brand-new spacecraft, but it did not happen as planned. The launch into space on the…
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule, atop an Atlas V rocket, sits on the launch pad during sunrise at Space Launch Complex 41 on June 1, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Photo Credit: AP Boeing took another crack on June 1 at launching astronauts for the first time aboard its new space capsule, after a delay for…
The Starliner spacecraft will be catapulted into space on a Atlas 5 rocket. Washington DC: US space agency NASA on Thursday announced that the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, piloted by Indian-origin Sunita Williams to the International Space Station (ISS), is now being targeted for June 1. Mission managers from NASA, Boeing, and…
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams gets ready to board the Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket for a mission to the International Space Station at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on May 6, 2024. The launch was called off. | Photo Credit: AP The target date for the next attempt to launch Boeing…
The long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was called off for at least 24 hours over a technical glitch with the Atlas V rocket that was being readied to launch the new astronaut capsule to orbit on Monday night. The CST-100 Starliner’s inaugural voyage carrying astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS)…
