Tag: Boeing
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4 space station fliers return to Earth after record-setting 235-day mission
Strapped into the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut returned to Earth early Friday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico to close out an extended 235-day expedition to the International Space Station. After a high-speed re-entry above Central America and a steep descent to the Gulf, Crew 8…
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Boeing machinists reject new contract, continuing costly walkout
Boeing machinists on Wednesday voted to reject a new labor contract proposal and continue a costly weekslong strike that halted production of some of the embattled company’s top-selling planes, resulting in furloughs and layoff announcements for thousands of workers. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced on social media that 64% of members voted…
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What a new labor contract could mean for Boeing
What a new labor contract could mean for Boeing – CBS News Watch CBS News About 33,000 striking Boeing workers were voting Wednesday on whether to ratify a new contract with the embattled aircraft manufacturing giant. The four-year deal comes with a 35% pay hike, as well as improved health and retirement benefits, but no…
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SpaceX Crew Dragon brings 2-man crew to space station amid probe of upper stage anomaly
A day after launching from the Kennedy Space Center, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for docking Sunday, bringing a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to the outpost to join two Starliner astronauts for a five-month tour of duty. The rendezvous came amid word from…
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Boeing freezes hiring and mulls temporary layoffs, citing machinists’ strike
Boeing is freezing hiring across the company, citing a strike launched on Friday by 33,000 machinists at the airplane manufacturer that it said “jeopardizes” its business. Boeing is also pausing all pay raises and promotions, halting non-essential business travel, and taking other steps to cut costs, the aviation giant said Monday as the ongoing strike…
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SpaceX again delays launch of Polaris Dawn, record-setting commercial spacewalk mission
The planned Wednesday launch of four civilians on a privately chartered spaceflight featuring the first commercial spacewalk has been delayed again, this time because of predicted bad off-shore weather where the crew capsule will splash down at the end of the flight, SpaceX announced late Tuesday. The company said the Polaris Dawn launch was off…
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SpaceX resets for delayed launch of Polaris Dawn, record-setting commercial spacewalk mission
The launch of four civilians on a privately chartered spaceflight — the Polaris Dawn, featuring the first commercial spacewalk — is on track for early Wednesday after a 24-hour delay to resolve a helium leak in a launch pad umbilical system. Jared Isaacman, the flight’s billionaire commander, former F-16 pilot Scott Poteet and two SpaceX…
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After weeks of debate, NASA rules out bringing astronauts home on Boeing’s Starliner
After weeks of debate, NASA has ruled out bringing two astronauts back to Earth aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule because of lingering concerns about multiple helium leaks and degraded thrusters, both critical to a successful re-entry, officials said Saturday. Despite successful tests of the Starliner’s maneuvering thrusters, detailed analyses and confirmation the known propulsion system helium…