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Sunita Williams-piloted Boeing Starliner test flight postponed over Atlas rocket glitch

Boeing's Starliner crewed test flight postponed due to technical glitch, competing with SpaceX for NASA business.

The Hindu

Boeing postpones launch of Starliner space capsule after technical fault

Cancellation of inaugural crewed space mission comes as Boeing is under fire over safety record at its aviation arm.

Al Jazeera

Boeing Prepares For First Astronaut Launch After Setbacks

Boeing readies for its first astronaut launch to the ISS after overcoming setbacks. NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX collaborate for safe crewed spaceflights.

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Boeing Starliner's historic 1st astronaut launch delayed by Atlas V rocket issue

An issue with ULA's Atlas V rocket scrubbed the historic 1st crewed launch attempt of Boeing's Starliner capsule on May 6. May 10 is the earliest possible launch date now.

Space

'Sparkly' narwhal toy trades sea for space as Boeing Starliner zero-g indicator

What has one horn, two crewmates and shares a name with its ride into orbit? "Calypso," the plush sequined narwhal that is flying on the crew flight test of "Calypso," Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.

Space

Mars may have been more Earth-like than we thought, discovery of oxygen-rich rocks reveals

Newfound rocks on Mars suggest the planet may have once sported an oxygen-rich atmosphere, making it more Earth-like and hospitable to life than previously thought.

LiveScience

Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)

Two asteroids are expected to make close but safe approaches to Earth this week, and you can watch them live.

Space

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Spacecraft captures absolutely incredible video of plasma swirling on the sun

The video gives an insight into the energetic events that transfer energy and plasma into the solar corona that ultimately drives the solar wind.

Space

Starliner's Mission Control team 'very excited' for capsule's 1st-ever astronaut launch (exclusive)

NASA and Boeing are working together to send the first astronauts to space on Starliner on May 6. Among the Mission Control support team is Kennedy Space Center's chief engineer.

Space

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 6), the company's 46th orbital mission of the year already.

Space

Boeing's Starliner launch will be the 1st astronaut flight on an Atlas V rocket. How did NASA and ULA get it ready for crews? (exclusive)

NASA astronauts will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas V for the 1st time on May 6. Getting the long-running rocket ready for humans took thousands of checks.

Space

Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, radio blackouts reported (video)

A recently detected sunspot region unleashed a powerful X4.5 solar flare early Monday morning, causing radio blackouts throughout parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Space

1st woman to command a US spacecraft Eileen Collins 'signs' patch to inspire girls

A patch created to honor Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a U.S. spacecraft, features a geometric pattern representing the glow of her space shuttle lifting off into the night sky.

Space

Boeing Starliner brings astronaut launches back to Atlas rocket and Cape Canaveral

The launch of astronauts on a Boeing spacecraft will mark a first for the company, but will also bring human spaceflight back to a rocket and launch site after more than 50 years.

Space

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How 'Earth's twin' Venus lost its water and became a hellish planet

New research may have identified a culprit molecule that caused Venus, often described as Earth's twin, to lose its water and become an inhospitable hellscape.

Space

Boeing's Starliner to join exclusive spacecraft club with 1st astronaut launch today

Boeing's Starliner capsule will launch astronauts for the first time today (May 6), joining a very select group of spacecraft.

WEKU

Israel orders Rafah evacuations; Boeing plans to launch a spacecraft

Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah after cease-fire talks failed. Boeing is set to launch two astronauts to the International Space Station tonight.

WEKU

Launch for Boeing Starliner's first crewed ride into space has been scrubbed

Boeing's Starliner program has been plagued with delays and design problems for several years.

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Boeing hopes to polish its reputation with Starliner crew capsule launch

Company, which has been plagued by safety issues in its avionics wing, will send two astronauts to the ISS in its new spacecraft

Space

Boeing's Starliner is a 'big piece of America's overall strategy for access to low Earth orbit,' astronaut says

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Josh Kutryk says Boeing Starliner is "important strategically" for America's space program.

Space

Handle Mars with care: Guidelines needed for responsible Red Planet exploration, experts say

A new study calls for "geoconservation" principles applied to space, so that astronauts exploring Mars and other cosmic bodies don't compromise future scientific work.

Tom’s Guide

This literary sci-fi odyssey should be Netflix’s next big-budget adaptation

Kim Stanley Robinson's epic Mars Trilogy is the perfect source material for the next great sci-fi show.

WEKU

NASA's chief is worried about China getting back to the moon first. Here's why

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial profile.

LiveScience

Earth from space: Mysterious wave ripples across 'galaxy' of icebergs in Arctic fjord

A puzzling arc was spotted in the water of a Greenland fjord littered with iceberg fragments. There are a couple of possible explanations for this bizarre phenomenon but we will likely never know what caused it, experts say.

International Business Times

Boeing's Starliner Set For First Crewed Mission To ISS

After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule is set to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) Monday, a milestone for the US aerospace giant and NASA. The flight, a final test before Starliner takes up regular service for the space agency, is critical for Boeing, whose reputation has…

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