After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. Here's what to know about the pilot and mission commander, who will be aboard the spacecraft.
After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA . Veteran NASA astronaut Suni Williams , a native of Needham, Massachusetts, and namesake of an elementary school, and her crewmate will take Boeing ’s Starliner capsule for a test flight and a weeklong stay at the ISS . Liftoff is slated for Monday night. White with black and blue trim, Boeing 's Starliner capsule is about 10 feet tall and 15 feet in diameter.
The first, in 2019, was hit with software trouble so severe that its empty capsule couldn’t reach the station until the second try in 2022. Then last summer, weak parachutes and flammable tape cropped up that needed to be fixed or removed.Starliner will blast off on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Meet the crew launching on Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flightSamantha Mathewson joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2016. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut. Previously, her work has been published in Nature World News.
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Watch it live: Boeing’s 1st Starliner mission with humans set for historic launch tonightThe stage is set for some space history to be made tonight as two veteran NASA astronauts aim to launch in a spacecraft that has never flown with humans before.
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How to watch 1st crewed flight of Boeing's long-awaited Starliner spacecraftThe occasion is a decade in the making - the culmination of Boeing's efforts to develop a spacecraft worthy of ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
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Boeing's Starliner to join exclusive spacecraft club with 1st astronaut launch todayMichael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
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How to watch 1st crewed flight of Boeing's long-awaited Starliner spacecraftThe occasion is a decade in the making - the culmination of Boeing's efforts to develop a spacecraft worthy of ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
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How to watch 1st crewed flight of Boeing's long-awaited Starliner spacecraftThe occasion is a decade in the making - the culmination of Boeing's efforts to develop a spacecraft worthy of ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
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