commercial crew program
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Boeing Seeks Redemption as It Readies Starliner for Yet Another Launch Attempt
Hard to believe, but it’s been nearly two and a half years since Boeing’s first botched test of its Starliner CST-100 spacecraft. Yep, it’s been a minute, so here’s a recap of the past 28 tumultuous months, and how Boeing might finally make good on providing a viable commercial crew vehicle for NASA.
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2021 Was the Weirdest Year in Space Ever
With space stations performing impromptu backflips, rockets careening out of control, billionaires going into space like they just don’t care, and space junk threatening to cause disaster nearly every week, 2021 will go down as one of the more memorable years in space.
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Boeing Starliner Malfunction Potentially Caused by Florida’s Humid Air, Investigators Say
Engineers with Boeing and NASA are honing in on the root cause of a technical glitch that resulted in the cancelation of a Starliner test launch. A promising theory suggests moisture got into the spacecraft’s propulsion system, causing critical valves to get stuck. As to how this moisture got in, however, is now a question…
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Watch Live: NASA Attempts Second Launch of Boeing’s Troubled Starliner Spacecraft
NASA is scheduled to launch a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on Wednesday, August 4, in what will be the second uncrewed test of the commercial crew vehicle. You can watch the action live right here.