commercial crew program
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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.
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Investigation of Botched Starliner Test Exposes Boeing’s Weakness as a NASA Partner
An independent NASA-Boeing review team has completed its investigation into serious issues that arose during a test of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft late last year. Boeing has now been given no less than 80 recommendations to put into practice, in what is an alarming display of the problems at the aerospace company.
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Boeing Completes Dramatic Abort Test Of Spacecraft That Could Take Astronauts To The ISS
NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program hit a key milestone Monday following an apparently successful abort test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, in which the module reached 650 miles per hour (1,046 km/h) in just 5 seconds.
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NASA Abruptly Reassigns Top Human Exploration Program Officials As Trump Moon Mandate Looms
NASA’s longtime associate administrator for its human exploration program, William Gerstenmaier, has been re-assigned to be a special adviser to NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard in what seems like a fairly clear demotion, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.