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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Cassidy expressed hope that either a Boeing CST-100 Starliner or SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will visit the ISS during their time there.
Boeing concluded that a misplaced pin prevented a main parachute from deploying during the 2019-11-04 pad abort test of the CST-100 Starliner at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
NASA’s proposed long-term production contract with Boeing specifies that the Exploration Upper Stage would be used starting with the fourth SLS mission in 2025.
Boeing submitted a proposal to NASA on 2019-11-05 to develop a lunar lander that could be launched in a single piece on a Space Launch System rocket.
EL AL Israel Airlines expanded its relationship with Viasat to add the Boeing 777 widebody fleet to aircraft equipped with Viasat’s high-speed in-flight connectivity equipment.
Viasat equipment currently powers the connectivity experience across EL AL’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing 737-900 and part of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
On 2019-10-16, NASA was in talks with Boeing to award a long-term production contract for the SLS.
NASA and Boeing conducted a pad abort test of the CST-100 Starliner on 2019-11-04.
A crewed Starliner flight test carrying NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson is planned to follow sometime in 2020.
The Orbital Flight Test of Boeing’s Starliner is scheduled to launch 2019-12-17 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral.
The Starliner designated for Boeing’s Crew Test Flight is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2020.
Boeing is scheduled to perform a pad abort test of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at White Sands Missile Range on 2019-11-04.
The merger unlocked an investment agreement under which Boeing HorizonX Ventures will invest $20,000,000 in Virgin Galactic.
The X-37B that landed 2019-10-27 was built by Boeing.
The U.S. Air Force selected Boeing in 2006 to build the follow-on X-37B.
Intuitive Machines announced it is working with Boeing on engines for lunar lander studies under a separate NextSTEP program for lunar lander architecture studies.
The merger clears the way for Boeing to make a $20,000,000 investment in Virgin Galactic that was announced on 2019-10-08.
Boeing combined its legacy 702 small and medium platforms with a newly designed digital payload to create the 702x.
The 702x small GEO bus is based on the O3b mPower satellite that Boeing is producing for SES’s medium-Earth orbit high-throughput constellation.
Boeing is marketing the 702x communications satellite bus to international buyers at the 2019 International Astronautical Congress.