NASA to use SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to return stranded Boeing Starliner crew
HOUSTON—NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced during a press conference on Saturday, August 24, at Johnson Space Center, that stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who are currently on the International Space Station (ISS) will not be returning on Boeing’s Starliner, citing safety concerns, but on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft in February of 2025. “NASA’s goal […]
Washington poised to be the next Silicon Valley of the space industry, it just needs workers
KENT, Wash., July 6, 2023—Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and several Washington space industry leaders at the Washington Space Summit on Wednesday, July 5, to discuss regional economic opportunities as the United States revamps its space program to return to the moon and beyond. Washington’s space industry has doubled in the […]
NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps joins first operational Boeing crew mission to space station
NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps joins first operational Boeing crew mission to space stationBy Sean Potter | NASA Press Release | Republished by Lynnwood Times August 25, 2020 – NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to the International Space […]
Boeing to support International Space Station operations through 2024
Contract extension takes NASA-Boeing partnership for orbiting laboratory into third decade By Boeing Press Release HOUSTON, July 15, 2020 — Boeing [NYSE: BA], NASA’s lead industry partner for the International Space Station (ISS) since 1993, will continue supporting the celebrated orbiting laboratory through September of 2024 under a $916 million contract extension awarded today. Boeing […]
