Given the earlier thruster problems, NASA shortened the departure timeline to get the Starliner well away from the station as quickly as possible. Sixteen minutes after leaving the keep-out sphere, the spacecraft exited the larger "approach ellipsoid," another safety zone around the ISS that measu...
Boeing's Starliner is on track for its return to Earth today, and will begin its journey home with an undocking from the International Space Station at 2:36 p.m. EDT (1836 GMT). You canwatch the undocking live at Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV. Here's a timeline of what to expec...
"The timeline came to the point where we had to decide, is Starliner coming back with us or without us?" he added. "And we just did not have enough time to get to the end of that runway where we could say that we were going to come back with it. I think we'd have gotten the...
Engineering teams are working to finalize testing plans and a timeline for the additional ground testing, which should occur over the next two weeks. They are taking advantage of the extra time by gathering as much data as possible while docked to the station, considering the service module will...
Draw up a detailed timeline for the development of EUS and ensure it is followed; Work with the Defense Contract Management Agency to ensure compliance. NASA agreed with three of those points, but is unwilling to charge Boeing if the contractor fails to meet quality standards. ...
Station. During today’s test flight, Boeing planned to demonstrate Starliner’s ability to travel to space and dock with the station. If it had gone well, the mission could have paved the way for NASA astronauts to fly on the Starliner sometime next year. Now that timeline is in ...
The Starliner capsule has had a troubled development, fromdelays to its timelinetoproblems deploying parachutesin early tests. The capsule’s first orbital test flight in December last year suffered from numerous issues, not onlyfailing to reach its destinationof the International Space Station but al...
Given the earlier thruster problems, NASA shortened the departure timeline to get the Starliner well away from the station as quickly as possible. Sixteen minutes after leaving the keep-out sphere, the spacecraft exited the larger "approach ellipsoid," another safety zone around the ISS that measu...
who were ordered to remain aboard the space station after NASA managers decided their spacecraft could not be trusted to bring them safely back to Earth.Boeing's Starliner spacecraft backs away from the International Space Station to begin an unpiloted six-hour return to Earth, targeting an over...
Fortunately, mission teams were ahead of the expected timeline when the issue occurred, and the countdown to launch has resumed, according to the live NASA broadcast. And the issue never posed a threat to crew safety. Link Copied! 11:14 p.m. 23:18:49, June 1, 2024 ...