Boeing Starliner spacecraft still requires months of work before NASA astronaut flight
Boeing officials say corrective measures and testing will be complete by next year, but that does not mean the Starliner will launch then.
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Boeing officials say corrective measures and testing will be complete by next year, but that does not mean the Starliner will launch then.
NASA and Boeing managers said after further examining data from the Starliner orbital test flight from in May 2022 they have decided to call off the July 21 launch to the International Space Station.
Two newly discovered issues have prompted NASA and Boeing to postpone the launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test, which was expected in July.
NASA released images of the Boeing Starliner crew capsule resembling R2-D2 ahead of a crewed flight test to the International Space Station.
The first astronauts to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner won’t climb on board for a planned trip to the International Space Station until at least April 2023.