NASA prolongs Boeing Starliner’s stay on space station amid ongoing testing
NASA has prolonged Boeing’s Starliner capsule’s stay at the International Space Station from the originally planned 9 days to now at least until June 22nd. This extension allows for additional testing of Starliner’s capabilities to help prepare it for future 6-month crewed missions to the ISS. The crew of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will […]
Missile Defense Agency satellites track first hypersonic launch
The Missile Defense Agency’s satellites successfully tracked their first hypersonic weapons test flight this week. The satellites collected data after the launch but will continue assessing data over the coming weeks. The satellites that tracked the flight were the two Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) satellites, which are part of the Space Development […]