United States Secretary of State John Kerry was forced to fly back to America from Austria on a commercial airline flight after his Air Force Boeing 757 was grounded on Thursday because of mechanical problems. Kerry and around 40 other staffers from the State Department, together with accompanying journalists, were leaving their hotel rooms as they heard the news. What’s funny is that this … [Read more...]
Nasa Chooses Companies to Bring Astronauts Into Space
Boeing and SpaceX will be receiving $6.2 billion from NASA in an ambitious project that aims to finish developing new crew capsules that will bring NASA astronauts back into space. In 2011, space shuttles were retired and since then, Americans have been relying on Russia’s Soyuz vehicles to transport their astronauts to the International Space Station. However, Boeing and SpaceX now claim to … [Read more...]
NASA Contracts Private Companies to Carry Astronauts to Space, New Era Begins
NASA decided to pick another partner to take its astronauts in outer space. Until recently, the Russian Space Agency handeled the task, but because of the latest event taking place in Crimea, the collaboration will stop. NASA decided to end the dependence on Russian services and picked two private contractors instead. The U.S. space shuttle fleet was retired and NASA was paying $70 million per … [Read more...]
Boeing Looking at Utah for Production Facility
On Thursday, Governor Gary Herbert of Utah met with executives from Boeing about possibly moving production of its new airplane the 777X to Utah. The company is reportedly considering a number of different states for the production. Herbert said the state was grateful for the relationship it has with Boeing at the same time it is interested in that growing as well. Herbert said that one of … [Read more...]
