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Boeing Starliner mission hits snag, misses docking at space station

An uncrewed Boeing Starliner space capsule failed to reach the International Space Station after launching Friday, potentially delaying NASA's plans to start launching astronauts from U.S. soil again.

U.S. News // 1 year ago

Boeing's Starliner capsule nears Friday test flight launch

NASA and Boeing are nearing the scheduled Friday morning launch of the next-generation Starliner spacecraft for its first uncrewed test flight.

U.S. News // 1 year ago

NASA says Boeing Starliner ready to fly as early as Dec. 20

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner space capsule is ready for its maiden voyage as early as Dec. 20, NASA officials said Thursday.

U.S. News // 1 year ago

Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls out for first spaceflight

The newest space capsule designed to carry people, Boeing's CST-100 Starliner, rolled out of its manufacturing building and headed toward a launch pad Thursday morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

U.S. News // 1 year ago

Boeing completes abort test on new human spaceflight capsule

Boeing successfully tested its abort system for the newest astronaut capsule, the CST-100 Starliner, Monday morning at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Science News // 9 years ago

Final Endeavour spacewalk completed

Astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour Friday completed the last of four spacewalks in the current mission to the International Space State, NASA said.

Science News // 9 years ago

Astronauts complete maintenance spacewalk

Astronauts Drew Feustel and Mike Fincke Wednesday completed a spacewalk to conduct maintenance on the International Space Station, NASA said.

U.S. News // 9 years ago

U.S. astronauts fix station in spacewalk

Two U.S. astronauts finished an 8-hour operation outside the International Space Station Sunday, the sixth-longest spacewalk ever, NASA said.

Science News // 9 years ago

Spacewalk ends early

U.S. spacewalkers at the International Space Station completed the first step to repair a slow leak in a thermal control system cooling loop, NASA said Friday.

Science News // 9 years ago

Endeavour crew makes thermal inspection

Endeavour's crew made a routine scan of the spacecraft's thermal protection system ahead of its upcoming docking at the International Space Station, NASA said.

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Astronaut: ISS supports new space vision Feb 19, 2004

I think all of us, with all the changes that are going on with our country's space program and NASA, all of us professional astronauts are looking into our hearts to see what we're going to do next
Endeavour astronauts look to future Apr 29, 2011

Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke (born 14 March 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but considers Emsworth, Pennsylvania to be his home town) is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut, who has served two tours aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer and commander. He is a researcher for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity Project. Fincke is conversant in Japanese and Russian. He is married to Renita Saikia and together, they have three children; son Chandra and daughters Tarali and Surya.

Fincke has logged 365 days in space, placing him third behind Peggy Whitson and Michael Foale for the most time in space by an American astronaut. He has the record along with Gennady Padalka for the most amount of ISS based spacewalks (6)-- all in the Russian Orlan spacesuit.

Fincke graduated from Sewickley Academy in Sewickley, Pennsylvania in 1985. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on an Air Force ROTC scholarship and graduated in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in aeronautics and astronautics as well as a bachelor's degree in Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences. He then received a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University in 1990 and second master's degree in planetary geology from the University of Houston–Clear Lake in 2001. He also attended El Camino College in Torrance, California,where he studied Japanese and Geology.

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