13 August 2021
Stuck valves keep Starliner grounded, August flight now unlikely
... Boeing teams continue to work around the clock to return functionality to a number of oxidiser valves on the CST-100 Starliner’s propulsion system, the company is simultaneously working with its NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne partners to determine the...
20 December 2019
Trouble for Starliner's inaugural flight as burn maneouver fails
... on the latest developments surrounding this issue. **Latest update** 14:00 GMT; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the Starliner spacecraft consumed more fuel than anticipated due to a problem during the orbit insertion burn. He says this...
20 October 2021
Humidity likely cause of stuck Starliner valves say Boeing, as OFT-2 postponed until first half of 2022
...fall of 2022.” “NASA decided it was important to make these reassignments to allow Boeing time to complete the development of Starliner while continuing plans for astronauts to gain spaceflight experience for the future needs of the agency’s missions...
08 July 2020
NASA increases recommendations required by Boeing for Starliner flight
... year, Boeing’s much anticipated first uncrewed flight of its Starliner space capsule didn’t quite end according to plan. Although Boeing...complete a number of test objectives during the flight, Starliner was unable to reach its planned orbit and dock ...
05 November 2019
Boeing’s Starliner completes pad abort test for commercial crew
... 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 from American...
12 May 2016
Boeing CST-100 Flight Postponed Until 2018
The first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle has been postponed until early 2018. This change sets the date back ...
