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Flawed Boeing Mission To Return To Earth Via Rival SpaceX — But Not Until February

Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to return home via rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday in a fresh public relations blow to the crisis-hit aviation giant

International Business Times

Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms

NASA decided Saturday (Aug. 24) to return its two Boeing Starliner astronauts to Earth in February 2025. Their Starliner capsule will come back empty over thruster concerns.

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Being Stranded In Space Could Upend Starliner Astronauts’ Perception of Time

When we are waiting, our desire to know when the wait is over increases how much we think about time.

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Boeing's Rescue By Rival SpaceX 'Embarrassing' And Ill-timed

SpaceX is coming to Boeing's rescue. Because of problems with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, two astronauts who rode on it to the International Space Station in June will finally return to Earth on a vessel built by Elon Musk's SpaceX. NASA's announcement Saturday of that plan represents a blow -- even…

International Business Times

Nasa says astronauts stuck in orbit to return with SpaceX crew in February, not on Boeing Starliner

Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since 6 June

The Guardian - US

Two stranded astronauts will not return on the ship that carried them into space

The news is a severe blow to Boeing’s plans to make the Starliner a success

Evening Standard

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule

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SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission will set altitude record for female astronauts

Two women astronauts on Polaris Dawn are set to break an altitude record set in 1990. Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon will fly higher than any female astronaut before them.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 125 —Back to Space School 2024

On Episode 125 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq chat about the next 9 months in space.

Space

Engineers identify 'very unusual' reason for rocket explosion in Shetland

ENGINEERS have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded during a test at the spaceport in…

The National (Scotland)

‘Very unusual’ fire caused rocket explosion, delaying first space launch bid

The blast on Monday has delayed a German company’s efforts to carry out the first vertical satellite launch from European soil.

The Independent UK

Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

Space

Japanese company to deorbit big hunk of space junk by 2029

Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale just signed a $90 million contract to take a bus-sized rocket stage out of orbit by the end of the decade.

Space

StarFOX autonomous satellite swarm could level up space exploration

StarFOX is an autonomous satellite swarm that scientists hope to send beyond our planet's orbit someday.

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3 decades of satellite images show how cities keep getting higher

Cities around the world are now growing upward more than outward, an analysis of three decades of satellite data has found.

Space

200 meteorites on Earth traced to 5 craters on Mars

Astronomers have traced the origins of 200 meteorites to five impact craters in two volcanic regions on Mars, known as Tharsis and Elysium.

Inverse

NASA’s Stranded Astronauts Have Another Major Problem — This Time With Their Spacesuits

Agency officials said the spacesuits that Williams and Wilmore wore inside the Boeing Starliner are not compatible with other spacecraft.

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Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns

The complex history of the orbits of the TRAPPIST-1 planets has been revealed, showing how they interacted with the disk of gas and dust that gave birth to them.

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NASA will give a Boeing Starliner update on Aug. 24 and you can watch live

NASA leaders will give an update on Saturday (Aug. 24) to outline their plan on how to return Starliner's astronaut crew to Earth.

The Guardian - US

Nasa to announce whether astronauts stuck in orbit can return on Starliner

Fate of Starliner crew to be revealed as early as Saturday as rival SpaceX prepares to launch private spacewalk mission

Space

The Cassiopeia constellation is surrounded by celestial treasures. Here's how to see them

Riding high in the northeast sky as darkness descends is a striking zigzag row of five stars marking the Queen of Ethiopia, Cassiopeia.

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How will the stuck Boeing Starliner astronauts perceive time after 6 months in space?

The passage of time can slow to a crawl when you're waiting, and waiting, and waiting. How will the Boeing Starliner astronauts feel time move if they have to stay in space for another 6 months?

Space

SpaceX launching private Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Sept. 10: How to watch online

SpaceX is targeting Sept. 10 for the launch of its Polaris Dawn mission, which will feature the first-ever private spacewalk. Here's how you can watch the historic action live.

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Will our galaxy really collide with Andromeda? Maybe not

A new simulation suggests the possible head-on collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy comes down to a coin flip.

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SpaceX stacks 2nd Starship launch tower in Texas (photos)

SpaceX continues to build out its Starbase site in South Texas, recently stacking the tower for a second Starship launch pad at the facility.

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