Tag: Boeing
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NASA and Boeing trace roots of Starliner’s bad timing — and prepare for landing
An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi in orbit. (Boeing Illustration) NASA and Boeing say they’ve learned more about the timing glitch that kept Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner space taxi from making its planned rendezvous with the International Space Station — and they’re getting “an enormous amount of data” in advance of Sunday’s…
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Starliner suffers mission-shortening failure after successful launch
After a gorgeous and 100% successful launch atop the Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance, Boeing’s uncrewed Starliner crew capsule suffered a mission-shortening failure just 30 minutes into its inaugural flight. A Mission Event Timer issue resulted in Starliner burning a significantly larger amount of propellant than planned and forced Boeing and NASA to…
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Boeing crew capsule falters after launch from Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket lifts off at 6:36 a.m. EST (1136 GMT) Friday with Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule flew into the wrong orbit soon after lifting off from Cape Canaveral on an unpiloted demonstration flight Friday morning, burning too much fuel and precluding…
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Boeing’s Starliner space taxi fails to reach its intended orbit for first space station trip
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) Boeing’s Starliner space taxi blasted off for the first time today on an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station, but ran into a problem that precluded a…
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Photos: Atlas 5, Starliner on the launch pad at sunset
An Atlas 5 rocket and a Starliner crew capsule stand at pad 41 in these images taken at sunset Dec. 18. United Launch Alliance teams rolled the 172-foot-tall (52.4-meter) Atlas 5 to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad earlier in the day. The Atlas 5 is set for launch at 6:36 a.m. EST (1136 GMT)…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out to launch pad for Starliner test flight
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket, modified for crewed launches, rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility Wednesday for the 1,800-foot trek to pad 41 in preparation for liftoff with Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule on an unpiloted mission to the International Space Station. The 172-foot-tall (52.4-meter) Atlas 5 rocket began its journey atop a mobile…
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Atlas 5 launch timeline for Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is set to carry Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule into space on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station. This timeline shows the major mission events planned from liftoff through Starliner’s orbital insertion burn about 31 minutes after launch. The 172-foot-tall (52.4-meter) rocket, propelled by an…
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ULA’s launch team to employ extended Atlas 5 countdown for Starliner missions
Credit: United Launch Alliance The Atlas 5 countdown leading up to Friday’s early morning liftoff from Cape Canaveral with Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule will be several hours longer than usual. The requirements of crewed missions have forced ULA’s launch team to adjust their countdown timeline leading up to the target launch time Friday at 6:36…
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Starliner test flight to use special Atlas 5 configuration, unusual launch trajectory
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule rolls out of the Vertical Integration Facility Wednesday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: United Launch Alliance The 81st flight of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, set for liftoff Friday from Cape Canaveral, will come with its share of…
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Live coverage: Starliner lands in New Mexico
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule on an unpiloted Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV’s live video coverage of the Starliner’s re-entry and landing will begin at 6:45 a.m. EST (1145 GMT)…