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Boeing's attempt to launch its historic Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts aboard to the International Space Station from Florida on Saturday was scrubbed minutes before launch.
Before the valve issue arose, Starliner — which Boeing designed to rival SpaceX’s prolific Crew Dragon capsule — was set to take off for its inaugural crewed test run at 10:34 p.m. ET Monday ...
May 7, 2024 at 6:45 AM. NASA and Boeing were forced to stand down from an attempted launch to the International Space Station on Monday because of a last-minute issue that cropped up with a valve ...
Boeing Starliner. The Boeing Starliner (or CST-100 [b]) is a class of partially reusable spacecraft designed to transport crew to the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. [7] [8] [9] It is manufactured by Boeing, with the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) of NASA as the anchor customer. [10]
Boeing Starliner-1 →. Boeing Crew Flight Test ( Boe-CFT) will be the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner and the third orbital flight test of the Starliner overall after the two uncrewed orbital flight tests, Boe-OFT and Boe-OFT 2 in 2019 and 2022. The flight was scheduled for liftoff at 2:34 UTC on 7 May, but was scrubbed about two ...
Boeing Starliner Missions. As of October 2023 the first operational flight is planned to occur no earlier than early 2025. It depends on successful completion of the Crewed Flight Test. NASA hopes to extend the seat-swapping arrangement with Roscosmos to include Starliner flights after Starliner has enough flights.
The historic crewed flight was about two hours from liftoff on May 6 when it was scrubbed due to an issue with the a valve on the second stage, or upper portion, of the Atlas V rocket that ...
Boeing and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company's Starliner spacecraft, including a "design vulnerability" requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule back on track for its ...