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Boeing Starliner, ULA launch set for Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Same song. Fifth verse. A historic crewed rocket launch has been scheduled for Wednesday - the fifth attempt for NASA’s Boeing...

Britt boosts Marshall programs in hearing with NASA administrator

WASHINGTON — In testimony that resembled a pep talk, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt offered high praise last week for the Marshall Space Flight Center...

Make it so: UAH researchers say warp drive is possible

HUNTSVILLE – Two researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have published a paper that demonstrates for the first time that a subluminal warp drive...

Boeing Starliner mission progressing toward launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Everything continues to progress toward Saturday's scheduled United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch carrying the first crewed Boeing Starliner spacecraft...

Space officials outline key investments needed to ensure US maintains edge

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department remains focused on maintaining its edge in space as competitors attempt to shift the balance in the domain, a...

Blue Origin targets Sunday for New Shepard launch

KENT, Wash. -- To say "good things come to those who wait" is putting it mildly for former Air Force Capt. Ed Dwight. Dwight was...

Helium leak in service module prompts another delay for Starliner launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Will the fourth time be a charm? Boeing's first Starliner mission carrying astronauts into space has been delayed once again -...

NASA, Boeing, ULA aim for Friday for Starliner flight test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the midst of a warning of a "disaster," NASA, Boeing and the United Launch Alliance said the Boeing Crew...

Companies to build, design ‘SpaceShip’ to carry ULA’s Vulcan rockets

DECATUR – United Launch Alliance is gonna need a bigger boat. And to meet that need, the company has hired two companies to design, oversee...

Starliner launch scrubbed due to faulty valve on liquid oxygen tank

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A "technical issue" with a pressure regulation valve on the liquid oxygen tank caused a Boeing crew flight test to...