"This test confirmed that all components — software, mechanical linkages, and control laws — work together as intended." ...

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, who was in space for more than nine months, said everyone has responsibility for things that ...

The astronauts speak out after returning from an unexpected nine-month mission that was extended following vehicle issues en ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams ended up spending 286 days in space — 278 days longer than anticipated when they launched.

Williams and Wilmore have been onboard the space station for nine months, after the Boeing Starliner crewed test flight ended ...

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SpaceX provided the lift into orbit, but after that, the miniature shuttle’s activities remained ... venture farther, and test new frontiers of technology. For now, the military space plane sits ...

The spacecraft, X-37B, is a top-secret, experimental space plane. The US government's top ... the X-37B's ability to flexibly accomplish its test and experimentation objectives across orbital ...

The spaceplane was put into a highly elliptical orbit, where it accomplished a "range of test and experimentation ... and looks like a miniature space shuttle. It is powered by gallium arsenide ...

The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned ... white-and-black space plane parked on the runway in darkness. It’s the seventh flight of one of these test vehicles.