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Starliner Joins the Ranks: The Elite Spacecraft That Have Carried NASA Astronauts to Space

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 12:18

After two consecutive failed launch attempts, the crewed Starliner capsule successfully launched on Wednesday, June 5, carrying two NASA astronauts to low Earth orbit. Boeing is testing the capsule’s capability to transport crews to the International Space Station (ISS), with Starliner docking at the ISS.

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A Parachute Failed to Deploy During Jeff Bezos' Space Tourism Comeback Mission

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:10

Gizmodo

Blue Origin, the company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has launched an investigation following an incident during its first crewed flight in two years, in which one of the parachutes on the New Shepard capsule failed to fully inflate.

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