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NASA readies backup plan if Starliner crew landing ruled out
No final decisions have been made and NASA remains hopeful ongoing tests will show the Starliner can safely return its crew to Earth.
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No final decisions have been made and NASA remains hopeful ongoing tests will show the Starliner can safely return its crew to Earth.
The problem for NASA and Boeing is that the Starliner's service module is discarded before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere.
NASA plans to hold a formal re-entry readiness review before setting a new landing target date.
The planned piloted launch of Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship was called off with less than two hours to go before liftoff.
Two veteran astronauts will put the Starliner through its paces in the ship's first piloted flight to orbit.
Landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan completed the replacement of five long-duration space station fliers.
Descent from the International Space Station closed out an unexpected 371-day stay, the longest flight in U.S. space history.
Frank Rubio and two cosmonaut crewmates return to Earth next Wednesday to wrap up a U.S. record 371-day stay in orbit.
Representing the United States, Europe, Japan and Russia, the four Crew-7 fliers plan to spend six months aboard the space station.
The crew includes a legendary retired astronaut, a wealthy adventurer and two Saudi astronauts — the first people from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to visit the space station.
The Crew Dragon delivered a three-country, four-man crew for a six-month stay. They'll replace four other station crew members who plan to return to Earth around March 9.
The four Crew Dragon fliers will replace another crew that will be wrapping up a 154-day stay in orbit.
The new roll-out solar arrays will help make up for age-related degradation in the International Space Station's original solar wings.
Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio float outside the space station to install the third of six new roll-out solar blankets.
Two Russian cosmonauts went on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday to activate a new robotic arm.
NASA has postponed a spacewalk scheduled for Tuesday after receiving a space debris warning for the International Space Station.
On Sunday, two astronauts installed support frames on the International Space Station for new solar panels arriving later this year.
American astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conducted a spacewalk Monday outside the International Space Station to wrap up battery replacement work they began last week.
A pair of astronauts on the International Space Station were able to install new pumps on a cosmic ray detector during a spacewalk on Monday.
Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, the U.S. astronauts who took part in the first all-female spacewalk, are still uplifted by all the excitement down below.
Two women aboard the International Space Station will make history on Friday when they take part in the first all-all female spacewalk.
Astronauts replaced more oversized batteries outside the International Space Station on Friday during NASA's second spacewalk of the week, just as news broke of the death of the world's first spacewalker in Russia.
Astronauts Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan have completed the first of five spacewalks to swap out old batteries on the International Space Station.
Mysteries still need to be solved, even if they take place in space.
Exciting things are happening miles above the Earth.
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A law enforcement source said that the raid is tied to the investigation of the plot to kill Alex Vega.
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The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
In North Carolina, Harris took note of falling inflation but added, "Still, we know that many Americans don't yet feel that progress in their daily lives."
An unfounded claim that election workers will invalidate ballots by writing on them is prompting election clerks in Florida to correct the record ahead of next week's state primary.
Trump has not appeared at an outdoor rally since mid-July, when a gunman took several shots, grazing his ear.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York to delay his sentencing until after the presidential election in November.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together to announce lower costs on 10 prescription drugs for Medicare recipients.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Broward School Board Chair Lori Alhadeff on a number of topics.
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Jim DeFede sits down with Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava who is running for reelection.
Parents and other caregivers urged to stop using loungers linked to 5 fatalities and an infant bed tied to 1 death.
Florida cucumber grower used untreated canal water found to be tainted with salmonella bacteria, laboratory tests found.
Officials have been warning of a return to the pre-pandemic trends of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
Staring at an iPad screen too much may keep little kids from learning to control their emotions, a new study finds.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
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A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
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Taylor Swift's blockbuster "Eras Tour" resumed in London on Thursday after her concerts in Vienna were canceled earlier this month because of an alleged terror plot.
Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft, died at 94 on Wednesday, her representatives confirmed.
"F-1 Trillion," the new album from one of the biggest pop stars in the world, features Post Malone's duets with some of the biggest names in country, including Luke Combs, Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen and Dolly Parton.
Steve Martin's next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he'd portray.
"To have all this taken away by some men being so fueled by hatred for no reason at all makes me so beyond angry I can't put it into words," one fan said on social media.