Starliner astronauts will remain in space until 2025
Boeing?s Starliner is returning to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard. NASA announced the news on Saturday, saying the uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner, while avoiding risk for its crew. Reuters reporter Joey Roulette joins LiveNOW from FOX.
Here's when NASA's Starliner astronauts will finally come home – and how
NASA says it's not safe enough to let Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams fly the new Starliner spacecraft back to Earth, so they'll come home aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule next year. Meanwhile, Boeing will suffer the ignominy of being bailed out by a rival.
Starliner astronauts will return February 2025
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership hosted a live news conference on Saturday where they announced the two astronauts stuck in space, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will return February 2025. NASA also announced Boeing?s Starliner will return to Earth without astronauts aboard the spacecraft. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home.
Boeing halts 777X test flights due to structural issue in critical component
Boeing has temporarily halted test flights of its 777X aircraft after identifying a structural issue with a custom component that connects the engine to the aircraft.
Miss Monday's supermoon? When you can see it again
Monday's supermoon appeared 14% larger and 30% brighter, but more supermoons are on the way.
Polaris Dawn crew arrives in Florida ahead of first SpaceX spacewalk mission
SpaceX is preparing to launch two of its employees and two other private citizens on the company's most ambitious mission yet, including the first private spacewalk and sending humans into the deepest orbit since the Apollo program.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida.
Don't miss the rare Blue Supermoon rising Monday
Also known as the Sturgeon Moon, the eighth full moon of the year promises a rare and breathtaking celestial sight.
Still unclear how Starliner astronauts will return
NASA officials shared at a news conference Wednesday that they still haven't decided on how to bring the Starliner astronauts home. LiveNOW's Andy Mac discusses the latest with FOX's Caroline Elliott.
Mars may be hiding an ocean of water miles below its dusty surface, research suggests
According to research, the water most likely would have seeped from the surface billions of years ago, when Mars harbored rivers, lakes and possibly oceans.
Strong Geomagnetic Storm Warning continues after creating Northern Lights during Perseid meteor shower
A Geomagnetic Storm Watch continues to be in effect through Monday.
SpaceX morning launch of 23 Starlink satellites
SpaceX made another attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink satellites. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center happened Monday morning past 6:30 am. The first-stage booster will make its 17th flight and land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas'', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight. Will you be able to see the best meteor shower of 2024?
The Perseid meteor shower peaks Sunday night, and this year, stargazers should be excited.
Who is trying to colonize Mars? And other projects for life outside Earth
Here are some of the American agencies pushing space exploration and ways to live outside the Earth.
Mars and Jupiter to appear closest in a decade during rare celestial conjunction
Mars and Jupiter are set to appear closer than they have in a decade during a rare planetary conjunction on Wednesday.
Polaris Dawn, first private spacewalk mission, sets launch date with SpaceX
Four crew members will spend about five days in orbit and conduct the first commercial spacewalk at 430 miles above Earth.
NASA astronauts stuck in space until 2025
Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on June 5 are still stuck there due to issues with the spacecraft they arrived on — and they don't know how or when they're returning home. LiveNOW from FOX host Christy Matino spoke to Danielle Dallas Roosa is the founder of Back To Space about the latest.
NASA: Starliner astronauts may not return until 2025
Space UpClose Founder Ken Kremer joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to explain why two astronauts delivered to the International Space Station in June by Boeing's Starliner could return on SpaceX's Crew Dragon in 2025 if Starliner is still deemed unsafe to return to Earth.
NASA: Astronauts waiting to come home might hitch ride with SpaceX crew
Two NASA astronauts who were supposed to return to Earth in mid-June may have to extend their stay for another six months and hitch a ride aboard a SpaceX spacecraft if issues with Boeing’s Starliner capsule continue.
Boeing Starliner astronauts may be stranded until 2025
The two NSAS astronauts who have been stuck in space for more than 60 days, may have to wait until February 2025 before they can return to Earth. NASA also said the astronauts, who arrived to the International Space Station on the Boeing Starliner, may have to be rescued by the SpaceX CrewDragon. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore launched from Florida on June 5 on a trip that was supposed to last just eight days. Once in space, the crew found a series of concerning helium leaks and thruster failures that have left NASA and Boeing scrambling to find a solution.