Boeing crew arrives at Space Station
Boeing crew arrives at Space Station Boeing's new Starliner capsule has arrived at the International Space Station after a delay due to last-minute thruster trouble for the first test flight with astronauts. The 260-mile-high linkup over the Indian Ocean ended more than a day of drama for Boeing's astronaut flight debut. The company plans to keep Starliner at the space station for at least eight days before guiding it to a landing in the western U.S. Meanwhile, Memphis police are investigating whether an Army veteran charged with murdering a homeless man has targeted other homeless people in the city. An Alabama sheriff evacuated his county's jail due to health and safety issues.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Boeing's new capsule arrived Thursday at the International Space Station, delayed by last-minute thruster trouble for the first test flight with astronauts.
The 260-mile-high linkup over the Indian Ocean culminated more than a day of continuing drama for Boeing's astronaut flight debut carrying NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Boeing plans to keep Starliner at the space station for at least eight days before guiding it to a landing in the western U.S.
The Starliner capsule had a small helium leak when it rocketed into orbit with two NASA astronauts Wednesday. Hours into the flight, two more leaks cropped up and a third was discovered after docking.
Later, five of the capsule's 28 thrusters went down. The astronauts managed to restart three of them, providing enough safety margin to proceed. By then, Starliner passed up the first docking opportunity and circled the world for an extra hour alongside the station before moving in.
The thruster's problems were not related to the helium leaks, NASA's commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said after the docking.
MEMPHIS -- Memphis police are investigating whether an Army veteran charged with killing a homeless man has targeted other homeless people in the city, a spokesperson said.
Kurt Loucks, 41, was charged May 30 with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Shaun Rhea.
Loucks attacked Rhea early May 30 in downtown Memphis, police said in an affidavit. A security guard at a nearby hotel said he saw Loucks use pepper spray against Rhea while Loucks was armed with a knife, police said.
Loucks went into his apartment but returned and shot at Rhea with a rifle, according to police, citing the security guard's statement. Rhea, who was unarmed, died at a hospital, police said.
Loucks is being held without bond. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 9.
Blake Ballin, Loucks' lawyer, said he was looking into whether Loucks was acting in self-defense during two confrontations with Rhea. Loucks was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army because he was disabled due to post-traumatic stress disorder, Ballin said.
The security guard told police that there had been several incidents where Loucks attacked homeless people, the police affidavit said. Police are investigating whether Loucks has targeted homeless people in the past, Memphis police spokesman Christopher Williams said in an email.
PRATTVILLE, Ala.-- An Alabama sheriff evacuated his county's jail Thursday, citing a need to prevent unspecified "health and safety issues."
Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell said in a statement deputies began transporting inmates from the Autauga County Metro Jail to other facilities in the morning. His office's website currently lists 164 people on its inmate roster.
"We have worked out the logistics with several agencies to house inmates," Harrell said. "We have made arrangements to process individuals quickly and house them in a safe environment."
It was not clear which agencies those were, or how long they agreed to house them.
Harrell said he has a "moral obligation for the safety, health and security of all individuals who come through the doors of the Autauga County Metro Jail." He added that the County Commission should address the health and safety issues before he will put anyone else in the lockup.
Autauga County Administrator Scott Kramer said the commission is aware of issues at the jail.
The commission had workers at the facility this week to address such concerns, and experts carried out inspections, Kramer said in a statement.
SpaceX's Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas.
The nearly 400 foot rocket and the spacecraft managed to splash down in a controlled fashion.
"Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!" SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said via X, formerly Twitter.
Starship was empty as it soared above the Gulf of Mexico and headed east on a flight to the Indian Ocean. Within minutes, the first-stage booster separated from the spacecraft and splashed into the gulf precisely as planned, after firing its engines.
The spacecraft reached an altitude of nearly 130 miles, traveling at more 16,000 mph, before beginning its descent.
The spacecraft remained intact enough to transmit data all the way to its targeted splashdown site in the Indian Ocean.
Starship is designed to be fully reusable. That's why SpaceX wants to control the booster's entry into the gulf and the spacecraft's descent into the Indian Ocean -- it's intended as practice for planned future landings. Nothing is being recovered from Thursday's flight.
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