Category: Starliner

Boeing Astronaut Flight Off Until Next Year for More Fixes

August 25, 2022
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing’s first spaceflight with astronauts has been delayed until next year because of repairs that need to be made to the capsule following its last test flight. Liftoff of the Starliner capsule with a pair of NASA test pilots is now scheduled for February, officials announced Thursday. They had hoped to launch it…

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Boeing Starliner Capsule Returns to Earth, Capping Key Uncrewed Test Mission

May 26, 2022
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Boeing Co.’s Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station (ISS) and landed in New Mexico on Wednesday, capping a high-stakes test flight as NASA’s next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit. Less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, the CST-100 Starliner capsule plunged through…

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Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Docks With Space Station in Uncrewed Flight Test

May 21, 2022
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule docked for the first time with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing a major objective in a high stakes do-over test flight into orbit without astronauts aboard. The rendezvous of the gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner with the orbital research outpost, currently home to a seven-member crew, occurred…

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Boeing Posts Quarterly Loss on 787, Starliner Problems

October 27, 2021
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Boeing Co. reported a quarterly loss on Wednesday as charges and expenses on its problem-plagued 787 Dreamliner and Starliner spacecraft programs dampened a ramp-up in 737 MAX deliveries amid rebounding air travel. The 737 MAX and 787 jetliners are integral to Boeing’s ability to recoup billions of dollars in lost sales from the pandemic and…

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