Tag: Starliner
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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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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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Bridenstine, NASA ASAP provide updates on Commercial Crew Program
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has made significant progress in recent months towards its first crewed flights. The missions will be the first orbital crewed launches from the United States since the ending of the Space Shuttle program. In two separate statements released on Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel…
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NASA and Boeing lay out time frame for reviewing Starliner’s flawed flight and planning next steps
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space capsule, which was christened Calypso after last month’s test flight, is wrapped in plastic for transport back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (Boeing Photo) NASA says it’s working with Boeing to set up an independent investigation team to review last month’s less-than-perfect maiden…
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OFT Starliner Makes Early Landing at White Sands
After a maiden flight that was shortened by an off-nominal orbit insertion, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner conducted its first landing from orbit. Touchdown at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico occurred at 5:58 AM MST (12:58 UTC) on December 22. The spacecraft approached from the southwest, overflying the Pacific Ocean and Baja California. If,…
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Boeing’s Starliner space taxi makes flawless landing after flawed flight
Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel put a protective cover over Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft shortly after its landing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi made a flawless automated landing in New Mexico today, marking the end of an orbital test flight that…