NASA to Fly only Cargo on Next Starliner Mission Under Modified Contract

Boeing's Next Starliner Flight Will Only Be Allowed to Carry Cargo

After a high-profile malfunction left two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, NASA is requiring rigorous testing before humans get back on board.

After Sunita Williams' Ordeal, NASA Keeps Crew Off Next Starliner Flight

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run with cargo to prove its safety.

NASA to fly only cargo on next Starliner mission under modified contract

NASA has revised its commercial crew contract with Boeing, reducing the number of Starliner missions to four, the first of which will carry only cargo. The post NASA to fly only cargo on next Starliner mission under modified contract appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA Launches Rescue Mission to Save the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory

NASA is preparing an unprecedented mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a key gamma-ray burst monitor launched in 2004 but now rapidly losing altitude. Partnering with Katalyst Space Technologies, NASA will send a robotic servicer on a Pegasus XL rocket to rendezvous with Swift, inspect it, and raise it to a stable orbit. The effort preserves vital GRB observations and demonstrates a new era of commercial satellite life-extension …