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May on the station: Starliner’s ISS debut, research, and spacesuit troubleshooting
NASASpaceflight · 3 Jun 2022
May 2022 was an eventful and important month for the future of the International Space Station as well as the Commercial Crew program designed to support it. The astronauts of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission returned to Earth...
Russian Soyuz rocket launches with space station cargo freighter
Spaceflight Now · 3 Jun 2022
Russia’s Progress MS-20 cargo freighter is set for launch Friday on a fast-track, three-and-a-half hour rendezvous with the International Space Station to deliver around three tons of fuel, food, and supplies for the lab...
NASA to buy five additional Crew Dragon flights
SpaceNews · 2 Jun 2022
NASA is planning to purchase five more Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station from SpaceX, a move the agency says is needed to ensure long-term access to the station.
NASA Invites Media to Headquarters to Meet Commercial Crew Astronauts
NASA · 2 Jun 2022
NASA will host an in-person media opportunity at 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7, at NASA Headquarters in Washington with the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts to discuss their recent mission aboard the International Space...
NASA selects Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace for spacesuit contracts
SpaceNews · 1 Jun 2022
NASA awarded contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide spacesuits for International Space Station spacewalks and Artemis moonwalks, although neither the agency nor the winning companies offered many techn...
NASA Partners with Industry for New Spacewalking, Moonwalking Services
NASA · 1 Jun 2022
NASA has selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to advance spacewalking capabilities in low-Earth orbit and at the Moon, by buying services that provide astronauts with next generation spacesuit and spacewalk systems...
NASA awards contracts for next-generation space and moonsuits
Spaceflight Now · 1 Jun 2022
Next-generation spacesuits, needed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station and by moonwalkers in the agency’s Artemis program, will be provided by two companies competing for contracts valued at up to $3.5 b...
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA · 31 May 2022
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station.
NASA to Pick Next Generation Spacesuits for Moonwalking, Spacewalking
NASA · 26 May 2022
NASA will announce at 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT) Wednesday, June 1, the company, or companies, selected to move forward in developing the next generation of spacesuits for Artemis missions at the Moon and the International...
SpaceX replacing heat shield on upcoming Crew Dragon mission after failed test
SpaceNews · 26 May 2022
SpaceX will replace the heat shield on the next Crew Dragon spacecraft flying to the International Space Station after it failed inspections, but NASA says there is no risk of a similar problem for the spacecraft current...
Starliner completes OFT-2 test flight with White Sands landing
NASASpaceflight · 25 May 2022
After successfully rendezvousing and docking with the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing’s Starliner completed its mission, arriving back to Earth after a six-day-long mission in low Earth orbit. The spacecraft au...
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lands in New Mexico after successful test flight
Spaceflight Now · 25 May 2022
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft parachuted to a “picture perfect” landing in southern New Mexico Wednesday, capping a six-day test flight to the International Space Station that NASA’s commercial crew program manager said...
NASA Invites Media to Discuss Space Station Science, Climate Research
NASA · 25 May 2022
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 2, to discuss the hardware, technology demonstrations, and science experiments, including a new climate research investigation, headed to the Internationa...
Boeing’s Starliner capsule returns to Earth
Spaceflight Now · 25 May 2022
Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule closed out a six-day unpiloted test flight Wednesday with undocking from the International Space Station, followed by return to Earth about four hours later. Undocking occurred at 2:36 p.m...
NASA, Boeing Complete Starliner Uncrewed Flight Test to Space Station
NASA · 25 May 2022
NASA and Boeing safely landed the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft Wednesday in the desert of the western United States, completing the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station to h...
SpaceX swapping heat shield for next crew flight due to ‘manufacturing defect’
Spaceflight Now · 24 May 2022
SpaceX’s next crew mission to the International Space Station, set for launch in September, will fly with a different heat shield structure than originally planned after the Dragon spacecraft’s composite substrate failed...
Starliner spacecraft cleared for undocking and re-entry
Spaceflight Now · 24 May 2022
Astronauts on the International Space Station closed the hatch to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft Tuesday, and ground teams used the lab’s robotic arm to inspect the capsule’s heat shield to clear the vehicle for undocking...
Coverage Set for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Return to Earth
NASA · 23 May 2022
NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). As part of the uncrewed flight test, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will depart from the Int...
NASA plans to make Starliner crew assignments this summer
SpaceNews · 23 May 2022
As Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner prepares to return from its brief trip to the International Space Station, NASA officials say they’ll wait until this summer to determine the schedule for the vehicle’s first crewed flight a...
Boeing’s Starliner capsule completes first “nail-biting” docking at space station
Spaceflight Now · 21 May 2022
Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule finally reached the International Space Station Friday night with a “nail-biting” rendezvous and docking, overcoming several technical glitches to accomplish a long-awaited objective for t...
Space station astronauts check out Starliner crew capsule
Spaceflight Now · 21 May 2022
Astronauts on the International Space Station floated into Boeing’s Starliner capsule Saturday, becoming the first people to enter the spacecraft in orbit less than a day after it docked at the orbiting research complex...
Starliner makes first docking with ISS on OFT-2 mission
NASASpaceflight · 21 May 2022
A day into its OFT-2 mission, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for the first time. Starliner’s docking, which marks a major milestone in Boeing’s demonstration flight for N...
Boeing successfully launches Starliner spacecraft to orbit in do-over test flight
The Verge · 20 May 2022
Nearly two and a half years after its first launch didn’t go to plan, Boeing’s new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, successfully launched to space this afternoon, reaching the right orbit it needed to achieve...
Starliner docks with ISS for the first time
SpaceNews · 20 May 2022
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station May 20, a little more than 24 hours after its launch.
Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA
NASA · 19 May 2022
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on a mission designed to te...
Atlas 5 launches Starliner on second uncrewed test flight
SpaceNews · 19 May 2022
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station on a critical, long-delayed uncrewed test flight of the commercial crew vehicle.
Starliner OFT-2 launch makes it to orbit, heading to ISS
NASASpaceflight · 19 May 2022
Nine months after valve issues caused its previous launch attempt to be scrubbed, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has launched on its Orbital Flight Test 2 mission atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday. OFT...
Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule takes off on long-awaited test flight
Spaceflight Now · 19 May 2022
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft thundered into orbit Thursday from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, aiming to dock at the International Space Station on a years-late test flight to prove the c...
NASA and Boeing set for second Starliner test flight
SpaceNews · 19 May 2022
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is ready to attempt another uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station, with both the company and the agency expressing confidence in the spacecraft despite past problem...
NASA puts ISS spacewalks on hold to investigate water leak
SpaceNews · 18 May 2022
NASA is continuing to investigate water that leaked into a spacesuit helmet during a spacewalk earlier this year and is holding off on future spacewalks until engineers can resolve the problem.
Starliner astronauts eager to see results from crew capsule test flight
Spaceflight Now · 18 May 2022
The NASA astronauts training for the first crew missions on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will be closely watching each step of the capsule’s unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, set for blastoff Thu...
ISS spacesuits ‘no-go’ for non-emergency spacewalks after water intrusion
Spaceflight Now · 17 May 2022
The aging shuttle-era spacesuits aboard the International Space Station have been declared “no-go” for operational, normally planned spacewalks pending analysis to determine what led to excess water getting into an astro...
NASA, Boeing ready for long-delayed, high-stakes Starliner test flight
Spaceflight Now · 17 May 2022
Running years late, Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule program is poised for a crucial unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station set for launch Thursday, a do-over of an abbreviated 2019 demo mission that has...
Pace of work put strain on private astronaut mission to ISS
SpaceNews · 13 May 2022
The private astronauts who spent two weeks on the International Space Station in April said they tried to pack too much into their schedules while on the station, putting a strain on both themselves and the professional...
ISS partnership feeling some effects of sanctions on Russia
SpaceNews · 13 May 2022
While operations of the International Space Station continue without “serious interruptions,” sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are starting to have an effect on some activities, NASA’s safety advisers said...
NASA safety advisors voice concerns over Boeing’s Starliner, SpaceX’s Starship
Spaceflight Now · 13 May 2022
Members of NASA’s independent safety advisory panel on Thursday cautioned the space agency not to rush toward a crew test flight of Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft. The safety advisors also said there are “obvious...