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NASA · Cape CanaveralAfter spending years in its development, Boeing and NASA are ready to fly their Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner is slated to take off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tomorrow night. The mission will officially mark the start of Boeing's crewed astronaut missions. The flight will take NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams to the ISS after the United Launch Alliance's (ULA)…See the Story
NASA, Boeing Gear Up to Launch First Crewed Mission To Space Tomorrow
Elon MuskIt’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space station.See the Story
Boeing is about to face a big test after falling behind Elon Musk's SpaceX
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SpacecraftAstronauts will board a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for the 1st ISS test flight no earlier than May 6. Boeing says it's already working on first operational mission Starliner-1 for 2025.See the Story
What's next for Boeing Starliner after its 1st crew flight test?
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Spacecraft · Sri LankaChina successfully launched the Chang'e-6 spacecraft to collect samples from the moon's hidden region. This is the first such launch in the history of human satellite exploration. The Chang'e-6 launched the Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang launch pad at 5:27 p.m. on the coast of China's southern island region of Hainan. Approximately 37 minutes later, according to the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), the ship successfully enter…See the Story
China takes historic step towards moon exploration
NASA · CaliforniaNASA Shows How It Will Talk to Spacecraft More Than 15 Billion Miles Away (Maria) The author writes, “For the first time, NASA’s Deep Space Network — which communicates with the agency’s legendary Voyager 1 spacecraft — pointed all six of the large antenna dishes at its Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at the interstellar craft. Combining antennas together, aka ‘arraying,’ allows NASA to create a bigger overall antenna and pick up ever-fa…See the Story
NASA Shows How It Will Talk to Spacecraft More Than 15 Billion Miles Away
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SpacecraftChina has launched a moon lander to collect lunar debris from the far side of the moon. If successful, it will be a first. The Chang'e-6 was successfully launched at the end of the evening (Dutch time) from Hainan Island in the South China Sea. The mission will last 53 days. The lander is expected to arrive in the South Pole-Aitken basin, a kilometer-deep crater with a diameter of about 2,500 kilometers. In that area, about two kilos of lunar ma…See the Story
China launches spacecraft to collect lunar debris at the back
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