{"id":20726,"date":"2023-06-01T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/01\/nasa-boeing-delay-the-first-crewed-flight-test-of-the-starliner-capsuleagain\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T22:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T22:00:47","slug":"nasa-boeing-delay-the-first-crewed-flight-test-of-the-starliner-capsuleagain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/01\/nasa-boeing-delay-the-first-crewed-flight-test-of-the-starliner-capsuleagain\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, Boeing delay the first crewed flight test of the Starliner capsule\u2026again"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Boeing and NASA said Thursday that the first crewed flight test of the Starliner capsule would be further delayed due to a new crop of technical issues with the spacecraft.<\/p>\n

The first crewed mission was scheduled to fly two NASA astronauts on July 21 after being pushed back from an earlier April launch date<\/a>. Officials did not provide a new launch date during a media briefing, though Boeing\u2019s VP of commercial crew, Mark Nappi, said leadership would spend the next week or so figuring out a plan to ensure the capsule is safe for flight.<\/p>\n

Nappi said Boeing engineers discovered two new issues with Starliner: one related to the parachute systems and another with the tape that wraps around wire harnesses in the spacecraft. He said that data on the parachutes\u2019 load limits was recorded incorrectly, leading engineers to discover that some sections of the parachute had a lower failure load limit than was previously identified. Separately, engineers discovered that the aforementioned tape was flammable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat tape was tested late in the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The tape was present on the spacecraft that flew in the Starliner\u2019s only mission, an uncrewed flight test that took place a little over a year ago<\/a>. The parachute system also flew on that mission. It was only during a more detailed review that the issues were discovered, Nappi said.<\/p>\n

Nappi said he thought a launch at some point this year was feasible, but he substantially hedged his statement. \u201cI think it\u2019s feasible, but I certainly don\u2019t want to commit to any dates or timeframes until we spend the next several days understanding what we need to go do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Boeing has spent years developing Starliner, a crewed capsule that is supposed to join SpaceX\u2019s Dragon capsule in transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station for customer NASA. (Both Boeing and SpaceX were awarded astronaut transportation contracts from NASA for a set number of missions.) But while SpaceX has nearly completed all of its six contracted missions for the space agency, Boeing has been beset with seemingly unending technical delays \u2014 the costs of which the company must bear due to the fixed-cost structure of its contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom line here is: Safety is always our top priority,\u201d Nappi said. \u201cIt\u2019s always been that way with human spaceflight. And so that\u2019s what drives this decision. You can say we\u2019re disappointed because it means a delay, but the team is proud that we\u2019re making the right choices.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that there are \u201cgrowing pains\u201d in developing a vehicle and that Boeing has no intention of walking away from its commercial crew ambitions anytime soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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