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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Boeing delivered a new satellite to its launch site on April 7, 2026.
Boeing expanded its El Segundo facility with a new 9,000-square-foot electro-optical infrared sensor line.
Boeing built the 212-foot-tall Space Launch System core stage at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
The Boeing-built Space Launch System core stage separated from the upper stage eight and a half minutes after liftoff.
Boeing manufactures the Space Launch System core stage at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility using suppliers in more than 38 states.
Boeing is already building core stages for Artemis III through V at Michoud and Kennedy.
United Launch Alliance collaborated with Boeing to create SLS’s interim cryogenic propulsion stages.
Artemis II is the second successful launch of the Boeing-built Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket after Artemis I in 2022.
Joshua Kutryk worked on Boeing Starliner for several years and flew the CST-100 Starliner capsule during water survival training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on May 22, 2023.
NASA’s Starliner-1 mission is now planned as an uncrewed mission after issues with the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test of 2024-25.
Josh Kutryk’s planned 2026 flight to the International Space Station on Boeing Starliner-1 was changed to the program’s third robotic test mission.
Millen Anand previously worked on RF payloads for Boeing’s geostationary satellites.
Butch Wilmore commanded the Crew Flight Test mission of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
The revised Artemis roadmap elevates the role of SpaceX and adjusts the flight cadence and configuration requirements for Boeing-led Space Launch System missions.
Boeing manufactures the Space Launch System core stage.
NASA saw the departure of two senior managers in space operations and commercial space after the Boeing Starliner investigation report was released on February 20.
CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk had been assigned to Starliner-1, Boeing’s first operational crewed Starliner mission.
Boeing won a $2.8 billion contract for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program last year.
Boeing is preparing another uncrewed Starliner test flight to the International Space Station as its third Starliner test mission.
ADSS Seattle is organized and hosted by Boeing.