Starliner astronauts’ return trip has been pushed back even further
23 Jun
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Starliner astronauts’ return trip has been pushed back even further

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NASA Space Technology Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew on the much-delayed first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner craft, won’t be coming home from the International Space Station until sometime next month, well past their originally planned return date of June 14. NASA announced last night that it's pushing the date of their return trip back even further in order to allow for more reviews into problems that arose with Starliner during its flight, and to avoid conflicts with upcoming spacewalks. As of now, there’s no date set for the flight back to Earth.Starliner launched on June 5 and delivered Wilmore and Williams to the ISS about a day later. Their stay was only supposed to last a week or so. During the flight, however, four small helium leaks sprung in the...
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Starliner ISS stay extended to complete thruster and helium leak testing
19 Jun
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Starliner ISS stay extended to complete thruster and helium leak testing

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Top Stories Tamfitronics WASHINGTON — NASA and Boeing have again extended the stay of the CST-100 Starliner at the International Space Station as engineers wrap up analysis of thruster problems and helium leaks on the crewed spacecraft.At a June 18 briefing, NASA announced that Starliner’s return to Earth on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, which had already been postponed twice to June 22had been pushed back again. Starliner is now scheduled to undock from the station at 10:10 p.m. Eastern June 25 and land at White Sands, New Mexico, at 4:51 a.m. Eastern June 26.Officials from NASA and Boeing said at the briefing that the extended stay at the station will give them more time to study two key issues encountered by the spacecraft during its flight to the station nearly two weeks ago:...
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NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays advise the challenges of home fling
23 May
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NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays advise the challenges of home fling

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NASA Space Technology 'We favor to be as sure as that it's good to well well perhaps also be pleased that the total lot is glorious.'Posted on Would possibly perhaps perhaps also honest 22, 2024 10:00 AM EDTNASA and Boeing possess beforehand centered a delivery on Would possibly perhaps perhaps also honest 25th, but the delivery date has since been delayed but another time, with the following alternative to begin 'quiet being talked about.' NASAGetting stuck in an airport for a flight delayed a few hours is atrocious, but two NASA astronauts currently possess it noteworthy worse. At this level, their hump to the Worldwide Dwelling Build aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been delayed virtually three weeks.Starliner, one in all two crewed spaceflight initiatives diminished in dimension by NASA from industrial companies, was as soon...
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Boeing’s Starliner space for first crewed mission to ISS
06 May
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Boeing’s Starliner space for first crewed mission to ISS

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NASA Space Technology A Boeing Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Can even simply 4, 2024 - Copyright AFP Miguel J. Rodriguez CarrilloGianrigo MARLETTA with Lucie AUBOURG in WashingtonAfter years of delays, Boeing’s Starliner capsule is determined to ferry astronauts to the Global Residence Region (ISS) Monday, a milestone for the US aerospace large and NASA.The flight, a final check sooner than Starliner takes up fashioned carrier for the home company, is serious for Boeing, whose recognition has suffered of late as a result of safety disorders with its passenger jets.For NASA, the stakes are moreover excessive: Having a 2nd possibility for human home flight in addition to SpaceX’s Dragon autos is “no doubt major,” acknowledged Dana Weigel, supervisor of the company’s Global Residence Region...
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