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Boeing officials had high hopes that a successful mission would be the demonstration needed to win approval from NASA for Starliner to join SpaceX in making routine trips to orbit on behalf of the ...
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 ...
The Starliner suffered problems even before it took off. After multiple delays with making the final version, the launch had been scheduled for May – but a helium leak and power supply issues ...
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 two NASA astronauts flying Boeing’s Starliner capsule to the International Space Station encountered some issues, which delayed the scheduled docking.
Watch Boeing's Starliner spacecraft undock from the International Space Station and begin its return to Earth on Friday evening. The spacescraft is returning uncrewed, leaving behind the two NASA ...