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Boeing has faced mechanical problems, ... Boeing agreed to pay $2.5 billion in 2021 in a deal with the federal government to avoid ... and bring the Boeing Starliner home un-crewed, is a result of ...
Here’s what went wrong with Boeing’s Starliner capsule. NASA and Boeing have been monitoring two separate issues with the Starliner: one with a set of thrusters and the other involving helium ...
The Boeing Starliner is facing several mechanical problems. En route to the station, the crew reported problems with five thrusters and four helium leaks. A fifth helium leak has since cropped up.
A helium COPV on the second stage had broken free of its mounting point, causing an overpressure event that burst the second stage; the Dragon spacecraft and rocket debris impacted the ocean moments later and were destroyed. An investigation traced the fault to a defective stainless steel bolt that failed at one-fifth of its design load, which ...
At a press conference on Aug. 24 -- one at which Boeing was notably absent -- NASA announced plans to detach Starliner from ISS early next month and bring it back to Earth without its crew.
Boeing officials said on August 25, 2020 that they set the stage for the first Starliner demonstration mission with astronauts in mid-2021. [26] Boeing modified the design of the Starliner docking system prior to OFT-2 to add a re-entry cover for additional protection during the capsule's fiery descent through the atmosphere.
The decision to bring the Starliner down without its crew was a morale-sapping blow to Boeing in the wake of earlier problems that delayed the Starliner's first piloted flight by nearly four years ...
The Boeing Starliner spaceship faced thruster problems and helium leaks, causing safety concerns. But bringing the astronauts back on SpaceX's Crew Dragon has its own safety risks.