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Boeing managers revealed the company has months of work remaining in order to get the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft ready for its first astronaut flight to the International Space Station.

Boeing managers revealed the company has months of work remaining in order to get the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft ready for its first astronaut flight to the International Space Station.

Boeing and NASA managers are now estimating that the Starliner spacecraft will not be ready to fly astronauts until March 2024.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 N astronauts include Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, will join Expedition 70 and 71 crew members aboard the station in early 2024 to conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities.

NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg (left) and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (right) will answer questions from Lake-Charles area students for Louisiana’s first downlink with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.Credits: NASA As part of the state’s first Earth-to-space call, students from Louisiana will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space…

NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, August 7, to provide an update on the first astronaut flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to and from the International Space Station.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2023 - NASA and Boeing are set to conduct a joint media teleconference on Monday, August 7 at 2 p.m. EDT to deliver a progress report on the CST-100 Starliners inaugural astronaut flight. This milestone m

Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 27, 2023 - A new cadre of four crew members is preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 mission. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency)

The CST-100 Starliner program continues to flounder, with the latest launch delay casting a stark shadow on Boeing’s finances.

It’s a sad story that just keeps getting sadder. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner program, in development for NASA since 2014, has now crossed a grim threshold, with total losses now in excess of $1 billion.