Boeing is a major American aerospace company that operates in the space industry through its Defense, Space & Security division. It designs, manufactures, and sells space systems, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets, for both commercial and military applications. Boeing is a key partner with NASA, contributing to programs like the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the development of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for crewed missions to low Earth orbit.
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Aurora and Boeing's Vertical Lift teams estimate their preliminary design review for the SPRINT program will be completed in approximately 12 months.
Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing have advanced their high-speed, vertical lift concept to the preliminary design phase.
NASA, Boeing, and United Launch Alliance did not proceed with the planned 2024-05-25 launch of the Crew Flight Test mission carrying two NASA astronauts.
NASA and Boeing further delayed the launch of the crewed Crew Flight Test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and did not offer a new launch date as work to resolve a helium leak continued.
The $200,000 from the Boeing Charitable Trust will support the BrazilFoundation’s Rio Grande do Sul Humanitarian Campaign to provide immediate humanitarian aid and ongoing rebuilding efforts in the region.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) is committing $200,000 from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist recovery and relief efforts following the recent flooding in Brazil.
Boeing has provided $5,000,000 in charitable contributions in Brazil over the last 10 years.
NASA and Boeing previously delayed the launch that had been scheduled for 2024-05-17 to address a helium leak in a thruster in the Starliner service module.
Boeing aims for a successful CFT mission to enable regular crew rotation missions to the International Space Station under a $4,200,000,000 contract the company received from NASA in 2014.
On 2024-05-14 Boeing rescheduled the CFT launch for no earlier than 2024-05-21 at 4:43 p.m. Eastern on an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Virgin Galactic selected Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, to develop its new mothership in 2022.
Boeing sued Virgin Galactic in March alleging that Virgin Galactic had not paid $26,400,000 in invoices and had misappropriated intellectual property related to the mothership contract.
Controllers scrubbed the first attempt to launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on a crewed test flight on 2024-05-06 because of a valve problem with the rocket.
Boeing spent more than $1.5 billion extra in developing the Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing received $4.2 billion from NASA for the development of Starliner.
NASA provided less oversight for Starliner compared to SpaceX’s Dragon due to its familiarity with Boeing.
The Space Launch System is part of Boeing's other space activities and has experienced mechanical failures and budget pressures.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch into space on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
Boeing designed Starliner to be partially reusable to reduce the cost of getting to space.
Boeing delayed the first crewed launch of Starliner from 2023 to 2024 due to parachute problems.