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‘Very lucky day’: NASA, SpaceX ace astronaut launch to the space station on Friday the 13th

A composite shot showing the liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 and the landing of the Falcon booster, 1101, at the new recovery site, Landing Zone 40, during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now Flying in the face of superstition, NASA and SpaceX conducted …

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Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett One year ago today, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station to begin its long-awaited Crew Flight Test with NASA astronauts …

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Fresh crew docks at space station; Starliner astronauts expected to return to Earth Tuesday

The four SpaceX Crew-10 members and the seven Expedition 72 crew members join each other for a welcoming ceremony shortly after the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and the hatches opened. Image: NASA The Crew 10 Dragon capsule caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for a …

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Live coverage: NASA, Boeing prepare to undock Starliner, concluding the Crew Flight Test mission

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s forward-facing port of the Harmony module as the orbiting lab soared 264 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Image: NASA The summer-long saga of the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test is set to come to an end on Friday. The spacecraft is set to undock …

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Live coverage: SpaceX prepares for return to flight mission with Falcon 9 launch from the Kennedy Space Center

A notable amount of ice builds up around the Merlin Vacuum engine on the Falcon 9’s upper stage during the Starlink 9-3 mission. Image: SpaceX A two-week launch hiatus for SpaceX is set to come to a close shortly after midnight on Saturday. The launch company scheduled Starlink 10-9 as its return to flight mission …

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Live coverage: NASA, Boeing and ULA prepare third launch attempt of the Starliner Crew Flight Test

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Friday, May 31, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is the first launch with astronauts …

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Atlas 5 valve repair will delay Starliner’s first crewed mission to May 17 at the earliest

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 N22 rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on top as seen the day before its planned May 6 launch. A problematic valve in the Centaur upper stage of the rocket caused the mission to scrub two hours before liftoff. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is going to …

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NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams (right) pose by their mission patch following their arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in the run-up to the Starliner Crew Flight Test on May 6. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now For the first time since the end of the shuttle program, a trio of T-38 jets cruised …

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Boeing, ULA roll Starliner spacecraft out to pad 41 ahead of Crew Flight Test launch in May

The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft pauses in front of Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) before it embarks to Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Boeing CST-100 Starliner embarked on its last big road trip before its journey to the International Space Station next month. …

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Boeing, NASA target May 1 for first crewed flight of Starliner to the space station

NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) pose in front of a graphic of the mission patch for the Starliner Crew Flight Test. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now NASA is five weeks away from putting astronauts aboard a new commercial crew capsule. May 1 is the target launch date for Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 spacecraft …

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