... away from the launch pad in the unlikely event of an emergency prior to liftoff. This was Boeing’s first flight test with Starliner as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight launches to the International Space Station...
Amidst a recent spat with NASA over seat prices to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule has started preparations for its first unpiloted test flight to the orbital laboratory mid-...
... successful deployment of its three main parachutes and six airbags. “Congratulations to the NASA and Boeing teams on a bullseye landing of the Starliner. The hardest parts of this orbital flight test were successful,” said NASA Administrator Jim...
... with cell phone towers, John Mulholland, vice president and program manager of Boeing's Starliner program, said during the teleconference. This latest failure from Boeing, which is still reeling from two fatal crashes of its 737 Max...
... listed in a report earlier in March. Late last year, Boeing’s much anticipated first uncrewed flight of its Starliner space capsule didn’t quite end according to plan. Although Boeing were able to complete a number of test objectives during the...
... is looking good,” he said. Those open issues include a NASA verification of data showing the Starliner for the Orbital Flight Test matches Boeing’s design and “mission data load,” which will be loaded into the capsule’s computer...