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Boeing's Beleaguered Starliner Finally Blasts Off With NASA Astronauts on Board

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 11:09

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Update: June 5, 11:02 a.m. ET: ULA’s Atlas V rocket blasted off this morning at 10:52 a.m. ET, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sitting inside Boeing’s Starliner capsule. The first crewed mission of this spacecraft, following two failed launch attempts, is finally underway. Of course, the true test…

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United Airlines CEO says he wants to see a competitor break the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, but isn't convinced by Chinese upstart Comac

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 07:55

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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby takes part in a panel discussion at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Annual General Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 4, 2021. — Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines.
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What Boeing needs in its next CEO, according to the president of Emirates

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 05:02

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A Boeing manufacturing plant seen in Seattle. — "You cannot take your eye off the ball in our business," said Emirates President Tim Clark. "Finance is not difficult. Engineering is."
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FAA says it doesn't 'have a timeframe' for when Boeing will be allowed to increase production of its 737 Max planes again

Sun, 06/02/2024 - 11:57

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max.
Alaska Airlines

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Managers at Boeing's largest factory 'hound mechanics' to keep quiet about safety concerns, employee says

Sun, 06/02/2024 - 07:50

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Asia-aerospace-Singapore-aviation,ADVANCER by Martin Abbugao A Boeing 787 dreamliner is seen on the tarmac at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 12, 2012 — A Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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Tweaked Formula on Alien Intelligence Hints That We're Truly Alone in the Galaxy

Sat, 06/01/2024 - 06:00

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This week at the Gizmodo science desk, deputy editor George Dvorsky reported on a modification to the famous Drake Equation that produces a rather sobering result about the number of extraterrestrial intelligences in our Galaxy. Health reporter Ed Cara chronicles a mysterious disease from the 1500s that vanished from…

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Boeing’s Starliner Is Leaking Gas but Will Still Launch With NASA Astronauts

Wed, 05/29/2024 - 12:15

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NASA and Boeing set a new date for the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft despite an unresolved issue with a gas leak that was discovered earlier this month.