Nature & Science Thread

[Chris]

Live updates: Boeing and NASA launch Starliner spacecraft

A Boeing-built Starliner spacecraft, carrying two NASA astronauts, soared toward space on Wednesday. Follow for our live updates.

www.cnn.com

• A Boeing spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts has launched its historic crewed maiden voyage.
• The astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are attempting to become the first humans to travel to space in Boeing’s Starliner craft. They are expected to spend one day in orbit before docking with the International Space Station.
• The mission comes after years of development and costly setbacks for Boeing’s Starliner, which aims to compete with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.
• An attempt to launch the spacecraft on June 1 was scrubbed just minutes before its scheduled liftoff.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/science/spacex-starship-launch-fourth-test-flight-scn/index.html

SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built launched Thursday and achieved key objectives laid out for its fourth test flight that demonstrated the vehicle’s reusability. The highly anticipated event was the company’s second uncrewed test of 2024.

Launch occurred from the private Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, at 7:50 a.m. CT (8:50 a.m. ET), and the company streamed live coverage on X, formerly known as Twitter, drawing millions of viewers.

 

[Death By Looch]

Found on the X today

Exactly.

From the comments on that tweet:

And yea, with how things are evolving, I definitely can see something similar happening.