Tag: Boeing
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No decision yet on additional test flight for Boeing Starliner spacecraft
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Boeing’s Starliner rolls out of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility in November 2019 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during preparations for its first Orbital Flight Test. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A review team studying software glitches and other miscues that cropped up during an…
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Review of Starliner space taxi’s flawed test mission turns up 61 corrective actions for Boeing to take
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi sits on its airbags after landing in New Mexico at the end of its uncrewed test flight in December. (NASA Photo) NASA and Boeing officials say an independent review of December’s uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has identified 61 corrective actions that will need to be…
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Boeing provides update, path forward for Starliner
Just over two months after the truncated Orbital Flight Test of their Starliner crew capsule, Boeing officials have provided an in-depth overview of the issues faced on the flight. The update, held on Friday, 28 February, also provided information on the path forward for Starliner, including the on-going software audit, closing process escapes and software…
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Boeing says thorough testing would have caught Starliner software problems
The crew module for the next test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured inside the company’s factory and processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Boeing The program manager in charge of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule program said Friday that additional checks would have uncovered problems with the spaceship’s software that…
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Boeing acknowledges shortcomings in Starliner spaceship testing and vows to fill the gaps
Engineers inspect the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft that went through a less-than-perfect test flight in December. (Boeing Photo) The program manager for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi acknowledges that more rigorous testing might have turned up the software glitch that spoiled plans to rendezvous with the International Space Station during an uncrewed test flight in…
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Starliner’s software shortcomings spark NASA safety review of Boeing’s practices
Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel put a protective cover over Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft shortly after its Dec. 22 landing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) An interim assessment of what went wrong during December’s first uncrewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has turned up…
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NASA, Boeing managers admit problems with Starliner software verification
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) after NASA and Boeing media teleconference. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the Starliner service module (top) separating from the Starliner crew module before re-entry. Credit: Boeing Two software errors detected after launch of a Boeing Starliner crew ship during an unpiloted test…
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Boeing & NASA admit multiple anomalies on Starliner mission
After saying for weeks the spacecraft and systems performed “as designed” after recovering from a Mission Elapsed Timer issue just 31 minutes after launch and point-blank saying that no other anomalies occurred on the mission, Boeing and NASA have now admitted that two more serious issues — one of which could have led to the…
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Koch heads home after record-setting mission
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch, Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano sit inside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for pre-landing checks. Credit: NASA Christina Koch, veteran of six spacewalks outside the International Space Station — including the first all-female excursion — will join a Russian commander…
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Accion Systems raises $11M for tiny ion engines, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures playing a lead role
Each of Accion Systems’ ion thrusters is about the size of a postage stamp. (Accion Systems Photo) Boeing HorizonX Ventures has teamed up with Shasta Ventures to lead an $11 million Series B investment round for Accion Systems, a pioneer in developing miniaturized ion propulsion systems for satellites in space. This isn’t the first time…