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Boeing nears fix for CST-100 Starliner design hitch
Boeing engineers are close to resolving concerns with the mass and aerodynamic shape of the company's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew carrier, and officials are optimistic the spaceship will be ready to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station in early 2018.
First astronaut flight on Boeing capsule slips to 2018
The first piloted test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule has been delayed to early 2018 as designers wrestle with the mass of the spacecraft, aerodynamic loads the vehicle will see during launch, and new software requirements levied by NASA, company officials said.
Q&A with John Elbon, VP and general manager of Boeing’s space exploration division
Boeing's work on the International Space Station, the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule and NASA's heavy-lift Space Launch System are under the umbrella of John Elbon, who leads the company's space exploration division in Houston.
Bridging the past and future on the shoulders of the Atlas rocket
On top of an Atlas rocket, the place where orbital spaceflight for American astronauts began, will sit Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to launch humans into space starting next year.
Build-up of crew access tower begins at Atlas 5 pad
A new fixture on the Cape Canaveral skyline began rising Tuesday with the placement of the first of seven segments for a 200-foot-tall crew access tower at the Atlas 5 rocket's seaside launch pad for astronauts boarding Boeing's new commercial CST-100 Starliner spaceship.