Nuked The company hopes to complete all of the objectives the spacecraft was supposed to do on its debut flight to space. The company spines.
Boeing confirmed that it plans to conduct the flight in the fall.’we will then proceed to the tremendous responsibility and privilege of flying astronauts to the International Space Station,’ Boeing said.
The Starliner is Boeing’s contribution to NASA’s commercial crew program. The company did an uncrewed test launch of the spacecraft on December 20th. But the flight did n’t go as planned, and Boeing had to bring the spacecraft back to earth early.
A few months after the launch, NASA and Boeing revealed that the Starliner had experienced a second software glitch before landing. If the company had n’t found it, the glitch could have messed up the Starliner’s landing sequence, and that may have damaged the vehicle on the way down to the ground.
Nasa wrapped up its investigation in early March and came up with 61 corrective actions that Boeing needed to take to address all of the problems with the launch. Nasa also initiated multiple reviews of Boeing’s safety culture and organizational processes.
In January, Boeing allocated $ 410 million in case a second uncrewed test flight of Starliner was required. The space agency has already set aside the money needed to fund the do-over mission.
Nasa says that it fully supports the call, according to a blog post by the space agency. The data from the upcoming flight will be used to certify that the Starliner is ready for carrying people.
Nasa’s second commercial crew provider, SpaceX, is poised to become the first private company to launch astronauts to the International Space Station this may. Spacex has been developing its own crew capsule, the crew Dragon, and the company is targeting to fly its first crew of two on the vehicle this may.
