NASA moves up return date for Boeing Starliner astronauts

NASA moves up return date for Boeing Starliner astronauts after swapping SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
NASA will return Starliner astronauts to Earth early along with their Crew-9 companions, after deciding to swap Crew-10 spacecraft to launch the SpaceX mission sooner.
NASA, SpaceX up timeline allowing Boeing Starliner astronauts to return sooner
SpaceX and NASA under pressure to get a pair of Boeing Starliner astronauts home sooner than later announced Tuesday they have shifted plans for the next mission to the International Space Station.
NASA’s Stuck Astronauts May Return to Earth Sooner Thanks to a SpaceX Capsule Switch
The NASA astronauts have been in space for eight months so far, but their SpaceX capsule could launch in March to take them home.
NASA to bring Boeing astronauts home days earlier than expected after SpaceX capsule switch-up
After Elon Musk said SpaceX would rescue the “stranded” Starliner astronauts, NASA moved their return date up by two weeks — a slight adjustment to a plan that had already been in place for months.
NASA, SpaceX capsule swap to allow Starliner astronauts to return days sooner
NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station over SpaceX production delays, a scheduling move that allows for a slightly earlier return for the two astronauts who have been on the station far longer than expected.
NASA and SpaceX’s Unexpected Spacecraft Swap Sends Crew-10 to Space Sooner
NASA and SpaceX are pushing up Crew-10’s launch date by reusing a previously flown Dragon spacecraft, Endurance. This ...
NASA: 1.6% chance newly discovered asteroid will impact Earth in 2032
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...
Concern about SpaceX influence at NASA grows with new appointee
Then there are the actions of SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Last week he sowed doubt by claiming NASA had "stranded" astronauts ...
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NASA picks SpaceX to launch Pandora exoplanet mission
The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound (325-kilogram) ...
NASA chooses SpaceX launch site in Texas for Pandora mission launch
NASA's Pandora satellite mission to document at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars will start from SpaceX at its ...
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NASA says 2 astronauts stuck in ISS since June might return sooner than expected
In a Tuesday press release, NASA said that SpaceX would switch the capsules being used for upcoming astronaut flights in order to be able to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home. NASA said ...
What Is Elon Musk's Relationship With NASA as DOGE Arrives at Space Agency
Musk's DOGE is about to audit one of the agencies that has secured him billions in contracts over the last decade.
As Musk halts ‘wasteful’ contracts, government money hasn’t stopped flowing to SpaceX
In Musk’s latest haul, NASA exercised an option to give SpaceX an additional $7.6 million on Monday, according to an entry in ...