30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
... on to the ISS. The Atlas V configuration has been modified specifically for the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, and does not include a payload fairing. Instead, the Starliner’s own protective surfaces take the place of the fairing to protect the...
05 November 2019
Boeing’s Starliner completes pad abort test for commercial crew
... 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...
22 November 2019
NASA and Boeing celebrate roll out of Starliner despite dispute over costs
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-...
23 December 2019
Starliner lands successfully despite problems during inaugural flight
... 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...
10 February 2020
Two critical software defects plagued Starliner test flight
... 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...
08 July 2020
NASA increases recommendations required by Boeing for Starliner flight
... 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...
