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Boeing’s Starliner Returns Without Crew: NASA-Boeing Rift Widens

15 Sep 2024

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which returned without astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, has sparked fresh concerns about the future of the company’s involvement in space missions. The spacecraft touched down at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico on September 6, following a three-month delay. However, NASA’s decision to send...

Built by Astronauts for Astronauts: Boeing Starliner to Return Without Crew

05 Sep 2024

The Boeing Starliner, which carried Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5, is set to return to Earth without any crew members onboard. This decision comes as a result of ongoing issues with the spacecraft, despite it being heralded as a space capsule...

NASA Updates: Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore To Return Via SpaceX Next February

24 Aug 2024

New Delhi: NASA has confirmed that astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth in February 2025 using SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. This decision comes after their mission aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, initially planned as an eight-day mission, was extended by over two months due to technical issues....