A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully boosted aBoeing Starlinercapsule into orbit Friday for an unpiloted maiden test flight, but problems with a subsequent on-board rocket firing left the spacecraft in a lower-than-planned orbit, apparently preventing a planne...
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft sits atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on the launchpad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, June 1, 2024.NASA Television The planned crewed launch of the Boeing Starliner has once again been called...
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NASA and Boeing are scheduled to launch the first Starliner crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) later today. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch aboard a ULA Launch Atlas V rocket, along with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams at approximately 12:25pm ET. It has...
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It comes after the launch of Starliner was delayed several times. The crewed flight test was tentatively scheduled for May 6, but was scrubbed after a problem with an oxygen valve on the ULA rocket. A new launch date had been set for May 25, but a small helium leak was discovered in ...
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CFT will not only be the first time that Boeing'sStarlinercarries astronauts, but also the first time thatUnited Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V rocket takes on that task. Rollout of the stacked rocket will take place tomorrow (May 4). ...
ULA engineers could have carried out a procedure to force the valve in place and likely would have done so for a normal satellite launch. But conservative flight rules in place for the Starliner flight ruled out any changes to the "fueled state" of the rocket while the...