The mission is intended to complete certification of the two-stage rocket by the U.S. Space Force for national security missions beginning by year’s end.
NASA’s Crew-9 Dragon Freedom capsule autonomously docked with the station, delivering a NASA astronaut and Russian cosmonaut for a five-month tour of duty.
A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut began a 28-hr. trip to the International Space Station. In six months they will bring the Starliner CST-100 crew home.
The football-field-sized orbital lab must be safely deorbited after transitioning its research and technology activities to multiple commercial successors.
Launch of the next U.S. crew transport to the International Space Station is being delayed until no earlier than Sept. 28 due to an expected large hurricane.
Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 crew transport capsule descended into Kazakhstan early Sept. 23, returning two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut back to Earth .
A multistep solicitation seeks proposals from academia, industry and government agencies, for 2-3 awards valued at up to $4 million for health concerns.