NASA and Boeing have confirmed that the Starliner spacecraft is 'go for launch' for a crucial test flight to the ISS next week.
NASA and Boeing are making final preparations for the second uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
There’s a lot riding on next week’s mission as it follows a failed effort to send the Starliner to the ISS in December 2019 when software issues prevented the spacecraft from reaching the intended orbit. A second flight attempt, in August last year, also ended in failure when technical problems prevented the launch from going ahead.
If Boeing can prove the safety and reliability of its Starliner capsule in the upcoming test flight, NASA will have another vehicle it can use for astronaut flights alongside SpaceX’s successful Crew Dragon spacecraft. “The most important step right now is to go fly this orbital flight test uncrewed to test the key systems on Starliner including the rendezvous navigation system and the NASA docking system,” Commercial Crew Program manager Steve Stich said on Wednesday.
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