Previous Close | 53.40 |
Open | 53.40 |
Bid | 41.05 |
Ask | 42.35 |
Strike | 225.00 |
Expire Date | 2024-05-17 |
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Boeing (BA) is preparing for its first astronaut launch to NASA's International Space Station on Monday night. If the flight proves successful, it could pave the way for NASA to allow Boeing to conduct routine flights to and from the International Space Station for the agency. This milestone comes amid an ongoing safety controversy and a leadership change at Boeing. Yahoo Finance's Bradley Smith and Seana Smith break down the details, discussing Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun's pay package concerns as he is set to step down. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Angel Smith.
Two years after its initial unmanned journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule is set for its first crewed test flight on Monday night, following numerous delays. Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft, developed in collaboration with NASA's Commercial Crew Program, is engineered to carry up to seven passengers, or a combination of crew and cargo, for journeys to low-Earth orbit. Riding aboard the Starliner are NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, 61, a retired U.S. Navy captain, and Sunita "Sunni" Williams, 58, a former Navy aviator and test pilot.
Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule was poised for launch on Monday night on a much-delayed first crewed test flight to orbit, as the company scrambles to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX for a greater share of lucrative NASA business. The CST-100 Starliner with two astronauts aboard was due for liftoff at 10:34 p.m. (0234 GMT on Tuesday) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carried atop an Atlas V rocket furnished by the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA). The gumdrop-shaped capsule and its crew are headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS), two years after the Starliner completed its first test voyage to the orbital laboratory without astronauts aboard.