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NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner's delayed ISS departure today, and you can listen live
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA will talk about the delayed return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner capsule during a press conference today (June 18), and you can listen to it live.
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Shine on, Starliner! Aurora glows green as astronauts test spacecraft ahead of return to Earth June 22 (image, video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing Starliner has seen its one-week test mission in space double to about two weeks. That allowed time for an incredible aurora show during thruster testing on June 15.
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Soviet-era cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov, who survived only Soyuz splashdown, dies
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Soviet-era cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov, whose failed Soyuz 23 docking with Russia's Salyut 5 space station ended with the first and only emergency splashdown on board a Soyuz spacecraft, has died.
![Boeing's Starliner capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hQSEPuUQWGLK27MppSSr2J-320-80.jpg)
NASA delays landing of Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut mission to June 22
By Josh Dinner published
The return of Boeings 1st crewed Starliner mission has been delayed to June 22.
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Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi spotted at ISS (satellite photo)
By Mike Wall published
Maxar's WorldView-3 satellite captured a striking image of Boeing's Starliner capsule docked to the ISS on June 7, a day after the vehicle arrived at the orbiting complex.
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'The spacecraft really reacted great:' NASA astronauts praise Boeing Starliner’s performance (video)
By Andrew Jones published
The first astronauts to fly Boeing's new Starliner vehicle have spoken of the spacecraft in glowing terms.
![A white Boeing Starliner spacecraft floats above a blue Earth against the black of space on June 6, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XfwaC6wxbw969VVET7MYDb-320-80.jpg)
NASA weighs potential impacts of helium leaks and more on Boeing's Starliner astronaut test flight
By Mike Wall published
Starliner's two astronauts continue to put the capsule through a series of checks, while ground teams analyze helium leaks and other issues.
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SpaceX's Inspiration4 astronauts got genetically younger in space: study
By Tereza Pultarova published
Scientists have found that the members of the first all-civilian space mission, Inspiration 4, got genetically younger during their stay in space. But the effects did not last long.
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New space stations exhibit invites public to find 'Home Beyond Earth'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
An exhibit about space stations turns the focus from how astronauts live in space to how millions of people may do so in the future. The cultural implications are explored at The Museum of Flight.
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