https://spacewatch.global/tag/steve-stich/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/steve-stich/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/starliner-return-to-earth-postponed-from-june-26/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55795 NASA and Boeing have announced the adjustment of the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft's return to Earth from the International Space Station. The move off Wednesday, June 26, deconflicts Starliner’s undocking and landing from a series of planned ISS spacewalks while allowing mission teams time to review propulsion system data.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/nasa-and-boeing-evaluate-starliner-upon-arriving-the-iss/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55639 NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams since getting to the International Space Station (ISS) have been testing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The testing is part of the data collection on the Starliner system for certification by NASA for regular crewed missions to the orbital complex. Along with teams on the ground, the astronauts are stepping through numerous flight objectives following Starliner's arrival.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/boeing-starliner-mission-finally-launches-to-the-iss/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55515 The Boeing Starliner Mission has successfully launched its first crewed flight test after three postponements, aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission launched NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams into orbit and are bound to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner will subsequently autonomously dock to the station’s Harmony module and remain at the orbital laboratory for about a week]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/kathy-lueders-selected-to-lead-nasas-human-spaceflight-office/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23452 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Friday selected Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders to be the agency’s next associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. ]]>