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NASA and Boeing have announced that the next launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been pushed back to next year.

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Boeing is aiming for a test flight of its unmanned CST-100 Starliner capsule in the first half of next year and a potential launch of its crewed spacecraft at the end of 2022, company officials said Tuesday.

Boeing needs to complete a successful uncrewed mission before it can carry astronauts

Boeing's Starliner spaceship has failed to reach the International Space Station twice. Now it likely has to wait at least a year to fly astronauts.

NASA and Boeing provided an update on the beleaguered Starliner capsule Tuesday, confirming that the earliest the spacecraft will fly will be sometime during the first half of next year. Starliner was grounded in August, after an issue with the oxidizer valves was discovered roughly four and a half hours before launch. The launch was […]

Boeing aims for unmanned Starliner test flight in first half of 2022

Boeing is continuing to hone in on the issue that prevented its Starliner spacecraft from launching on schedule this August. The company thinks that a mixture of humidity and corrosion is to blame.

/PRNewswire/ -- NASA and Boeing will hold a joint teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 19, to update media on the companys CST-100 Starliner...