NASA Delays SpaceX Launch, Groundbreaking Science News Unveiled

Recent updates in science include NASA delaying a SpaceX astronaut mission to analyze Boeing's Starliner issues, potential return of astronauts via SpaceX in 2025, completion of the largest 3D-printed neighborhood in Texas, and scientists obtaining the deepest rock sample from Earth's mantle, offering new insights into the planet's composition.

NASA has postponed the routine launch of astronauts to the International Space Station via SpaceX's Crew Dragon, initially scheduled for August 18, to conduct further analysis of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, now set for no earlier than September 24.

There's also a contingency plan for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the first crew to fly Boeing's Starliner, possibly returning on a SpaceX capsule in February 2025 if the Starliner remains unsafe for other missions.

In other science news, ICON's Vulcan printer is finalizing the world's largest 3D-printed neighborhood in Texas, and ocean drilling has yielded the deepest rock sample from Earth's mantle, opening new avenues of understanding about the planet's most abundant layer and chemical interactions pivotal to the origin of life.

(With inputs from agencies.)