Marcia Dunn

AP Aerospace Writer

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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands at White Sands Missile Range's Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico.

Boeing Capsule Lands Back on Earth After Space Shakedown

A folded U.S. flag sent up by Boeing stayed behind.

This image from NASA TV shows the Boeing Starliner approaching the International Space Station, Friday, May 20, 2022. Boeing's astronaut capsule has arrived at the International Space Station in a critical repeat test flight. Only a test dummy was aboard the capsule for Friday's docking, a huge achievement for Boeing after years of false starts.

Boeing Docks Crew Capsule to Space Station in Test Do-over

The only other time Boeing’s Starliner flew in space, it never got anywhere near the station.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner crew capsule lifts off on a second test flight to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, May 19, 2022.

Boeing Crew Capsule Launches to Space Station on Test Redo

It’s Boeing’s third shot at the high-stakes flight demo.

This Dec. 6, 2018 image made available by NASA shows the InSight lander. The scene was assembled from 11 photos taken using its robotic arm. The spacecraft is losing power because of all the dust that's accumulated on its solar panels. NASA said Tuesday, May 17, 2022, it will keep using the spacecraft's seismometer to detect marsquakes until its power peters out. Officials expect operations to cease in July, almost four years after InSight's arrival at Mars.

Dusty Demise for NASA Mars Lander in July; Power Dwindling

InSight currently is generating one-tenth of the power from the sun that it did upon arrival.

This combination of images provided by NASA on Monday, May 9, 2022, shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, seen by the retired Spitzer Space Telescope, left, and the new James Webb Space Telescope. The new telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said Monday.

Space Telescope in Home Stretch of Tests

Each of the 18 mirror segments on the new telescope is bigger than the single one on Spitzer.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 27, 2022. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the Crew Dragon spacecraft begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station.

SpaceX Launches 4 Astronauts for NASA After Private Flight

Both SpaceX and NASA officials stressed they're taking it one step at a time to ensure safety.

The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building moving slowly on an 11-hour journey to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, March 17, 2022. The flight debut of NASA's new mega moon rocket faces additional delays, following a series of failed fueling tests, officials said Monday, April 18, 2022.

NASA Moon Rocket Faces More Flight Delays as Repairs Mount

The 30-story Space Launch System rocket has been on the pad at Kennedy Space Center for the past month.

The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 18, 2022. After a series of equipment problems, NASA attempted an abbreviated fueling test of its mega moon rocket Thursday, April 14, 2022 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

Fuel Leak Thwarts NASA's Dress Rehearsal for Moon Rocket

Two previous countdown attempts were marred by balky fans and a large hand-operated valve.

This photo provided by SpaceX shows the SpaceX crew seated in the Dragon spacecraft on Friday, April 8, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. SpaceX is scheduled to launch three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station for more than a week’s stay.

SpaceX Launches 3 Visitors to Space Station for $55M Each

It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.

In this photo released by NASA, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, April 4, 2022, in preparation for the Artemis I wet dress rehearsal test. Launch managers tried twice _ once Sunday and again Monday _ to load nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket. Problems with fans at the launch pad thwarted the first effort, while a stuck valve halted the second attempt.

More Delays for NASA's Moon Rocket Test

Launch managers tried twice — once Sunday and again Monday — to load nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket known as Space Launch System.

U.S. astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth from the International Space Station, Feb. 4, 2022.

U.S. Astronaut to Ride Russian Spacecraft Home

After nearly a year in space, he faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet.