After months of testing and debate, NASA is poised to decide whether or not to bring two astronauts home aboard Boeing's Starliner.
NASA engineers met Friday to review test results and make recommendations on whether to bring two astronauts back to Earth aboard Boeing 's Starliner ferry ship or keep them in orbit an additional six months and bring them home aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other senior agency managers planned to meet Saturday morning at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to review the data collected to date and to make a decision on how to proceed.
Boeing has argued the problems are understood in the wake of extensive tests and analysis. Company engineers are convinced the thrusters will work as required to keep the Starliner stable during departure from the International Space Station and during the critical engine firing needed to drop out of orbit for re-entry and landing.
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