NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Post

Starliner to the stars! NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are on their way to the International Space Station after Boeing's Starliner spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC) on Wednesday, June 5. This is Starliner's first flight with crew, and a key milestone in certifying Starliner for regular missions to and from the space station. Starliner is scheduled to dock with the station at 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 UTC) on Thursday, June 6—tune in for live coverage on NASA and our YouTube account. https://lnkd.in/egVe3bBD

  • Starliner soars through the skies atop its Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft and rocket are a small, white column near the top-center of this photo, with a massive plume beneath it extending to the ground hundreds of feet below. The launch pad is surrounded by thick, green trees, water is visible in the background, and the sky which takes up the photo's top half is blue and perfectly clear. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Now, if Boeing could only build their aircraft with the same level of care and attention as their manned spacecraft, they truly would be an amazing company that all other companies could aspire to become. Safety and solid craftsmanship shouldn’t just intended for the vehicles that take us to the stars. Sometimes, I just want to go to Mexico without the door or wheel falling off my aircraft.

if we make a drone that is strong enough and that can hold enough weight that carries ropes but also that life jacket that inflates people for example: when there is a flood or when you are at the seaside and you see a person being dragged by the current: or in the case of the rope even when there is a fire on the upper floors of a building, I could save many people in the future if I equipped the firefighters, civil protection and lifeguards with this drone, right? if I put a speaker and a microphone on it, I could see and talk and listen to what people say if they are injured, if they have something broken, if they have seen people in the same situation. I give them ropes, I give them coils, and if I put a speaker, microphone and camera, I can see them, hear them and talk to them in real time, I can find out if they are injured, ask them if they are in pain, if they have relatives in the same situation, if they are alone in the house, that is, in the event of a fire, I immediately find out how many people are in the burnt house and listen to them when they answer me. it could help saving lots of lifes, do it if you can i don't have money to do it or enough brain do it... :(

Jacqueline Stemp

Industrial Engineer, Teacher

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Exciting times!

James D. Kelley, M.Sc.Eng, P.E.

Senior Principal Engineer | Large & Complex Loss Group | Structural & Architectural Forensic Engineer | Empire State, Gotham City, NYC🍎

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Boeing - Engineering Redemption..🤙 All needs to be done is to tighten up the jet airliner issues… Boeing is better than such assembly & inspection issues. Commercial Planes aside… They were critical during WWII: One of America’s Greatest Innovators. They simply need to get back to where they once were, as to Quality & Assurance, which today’s successful launch shows - They are on top of it… https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/museum-campus/us-freedom-pavilion/boeing-story

Shanti Lakhi

Sr. Business Controller

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Zinzi Nandi K.

Assistant Professor of Biology and Nursing | MPH, Astrobiology

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This reminds me of the Shuttle Program where my PhD in Biomedical Sciences was nearly completed 🌍🚀💘

Duane Brewster

InkSlinger Graphic Design, s-f author

1mo

About time Let’s hope for a safe return

Ankita Raju Shelar

Looking for Entry Level role I Design and Analysis | FEA | Structural and Thermal analysis

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Exciting times!

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