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1 day ago · Years of service. 1946–1973. James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈlʌvəl / LUV-əl; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
4 days ago · The mission marks the first time the commercially-built capsule is carrying humans, with a scheduled docking to the station Thursday around 12:15 p.m. ET, with astronauts Barry “Butch”...
5 days ago · Two veteran NASA astronauts with 500 days of previous spaceflight experience between them are the first crew of Boeing's pxpCST-100 Starliner space capsule, launched to space in a test flight on...
3 days ago · A Boeing Starliner capsule carrying its first ever astronauts docked with the International Space Station after overcoming unexpected challenges arising from thruster malfunctions and helium...
4 days ago · NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren (left) and Bob Hines in the International Space Station cupola, shortly before assisting with the historic first docking of Boeing Starliner to the orbiting...
4 days ago · Barry Wilmore, the mission commander, and Sunita Williams, the pilot, are test-driving the new vehicle, known as Starliner. It’s the first time Boeing has launched astronauts into space, and...
4 days ago · A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for the US space agency.
