Tag: CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test
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Boeing plans second Starliner test flight in December or January
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 28 with details and CFT schedule. Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out to the launch pad Dec. 18, 2019, on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Boeing said Tuesday it is “making excellent progress” toward launching a second unpiloted test flight of its Starliner crew capsule to…
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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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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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Photos: Atlas 5 blasts off at dawn with Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
Take a look back on the liftoff of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on its first unpiloted orbital test flight Dec. 20 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with these photos showing the capsule streaking into space at dawn. The 172-foot-tall (52.4-meter) Atlas 5 rocket — flying in a new human-rated configuration — lifted off…
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Starliner targets early landing in New Mexico
Artist’s illustration of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in orbit. Credit: Boeing A day after a timing error caused it to enter the wrong orbit and miss its objective of meeting up with the International Space Station, Boeing’s unpiloted Starliner crew capsule prepared for its next major test Sunday, when it will plunge back into the atmosphere…
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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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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…