SpaceX "Starship" reaches orbit but ends in explosive splashdown
SpaceX's "Starship" rocket reached orbit despite an engine shutdown shortly after launch, but the spacecraft returned to Earth hours ahead of schedule.
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SpaceX's "Starship" rocket reached orbit despite an engine shutdown shortly after launch, but the spacecraft returned to Earth hours ahead of schedule.
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Needham native and astronaut Suni Williams had a message for her hometown after she returned from nine-and-a-half months in space.
After almost 10 months in space, Needham native Sunita Williams and fellow astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore are back on Earth.
Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams joined Crew 9 commander Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov for their long-awaited return to Earth.
With a replacement crew on board the space station, NASA is eyeing Tuesday for the Starliner astronauts' return to Earth, finally ending their marathon mission.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Needham native Suni Williams have been in space for more than nine months.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Needham native Suni Williams have been in space for more than 9 months. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports.
A SpaceX capsule carrying a fresh crew to the space station launched Friday, setting the stage for the Starliner astronauts to finally come home.
Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers plans to speed their return.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for months longer than expected, and will not return to Earth until at least March 2025 at the earliest, NASA indicated.
Crew Dragon's two astronauts will join two Starliner fliers for a five-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station.
A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will join the Starliner astronauts for a normal tour of duty
The Starliner slammed into the discernible atmosphere 400,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean before descending to a parachute-and-airbag assisted touchdown.
The Starliner's two-person crew now will stay in space until next February and return to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
After months of testing and debate, NASA is poised to decide whether or not to bring two astronauts home aboard Boeing's Starliner.
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Water-bearing clays found in rocks from the asteroid Bennu support theories about how water may have made it to Earth in the distant past.
The Starship rocket is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built.
A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, including a former MIT scientist.
The lights may be visible over Massachusetts for the next few nights.
SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says if things go according to plan people will be on Mars just nine years from now.
