Sharife Gacel

NASA and Boeing have outlined Starliner’s return to flight, beginning with an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station as early as December 2026. The flight will test changes made after the 2024 Crew Flight Test and gather data needed for certification. NASA aims to return astronauts aboard Starliner by 2028 and plans to certify a new rocket for future missions.

Four crew members representing NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, and Roscosmos arrived at Kennedy Space Center as final preparations begin for their Oct. 1 launch to the International Space Station. From left to right CSA Astronaut Joshua Kutryk, NASA Astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov: Credit: Sharife Gacel The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission arrived on Florida’s Space Coast Saturday, Sept. 26, marking one of the final...

Speaking the day before launch, Fox reflected on Roman’s science, the people who built it, and the decades of persistence that brought it to the launch pad. The day before NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched, Dr. Nicky Fox was thinking about more than the observatory’s destination. She was thinking about the people who had brought it this far. “Honestly, I think it is because of the team,” said Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, when asked why...