NASA, Boeing clear two technical hurdles for Starliner's debut crew flight
) and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company's Starliner spacecraft, including a"design vulnerability" requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule back on track for its first mission carrying two astronauts to space, officials said on Friday.
Starliner's long-delayed first crewed flight, with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on board, is a final test mission before NASA can certify the spacecraft for routine astronaut trips to and from the International Space Station. It would become the second U.S. crew capsule alongside SpaceX's Crew Dragon, which started flying humans in 2020.
"It's backed by test data, it's backed by flight data, and the guidance and navigation modeling have reinforced that this technique will work," Nappi said, adding the astronauts had tested the system after the fix. Boeing, which initially attempted to launch Starliner May 6, faces pressure to make one of those early June dates.
Years behind schedule and with $1.5 billion in unplanned development costs, a success with Starliner is badly needed as Boeing reels from unrelenting crises in its aviation business.
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