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☆ Boeing Starliner: Two astronauts wait to come home amid spacecraft issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Spaceflight veterans Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the space station aboard the Starliner on June 6. It’s not uncommon for astronauts to unexpectedly extend their stay aboard the space station — for days, weeks or even months. But the situation makes for a moment of uncertainty and embarrassment that joins a long list of similar blunders by the Boeing Starliner program, which is already years behind schedule. The Starliner spacecraft on NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port on June 13 as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above Egypt's Mediterranean coast. The first Starliner test mission, flown without crew in late 2019, was riddled with missteps.

Persons: CNN —, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Williams, Wilmore, it’s, “, ”, Steve Stich, Mark Nappi, It’s, Stich, Starliner, Wilmore —, Robert Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Joel Kowsky, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley —, Hurley, Behnken’s, ” Stich, Michael Lembeck, Lembeck, —, Dragon, ” Lembeck, ” Nappi, “ Everything’s, ” Williams Organizations: CNN, NASA, International, Spaceflight, Boeing, NASA's Boeing, Harmony, SpaceX, International Space, University of Illinois Locations: firma, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign

☆ Boeing and NASA call off Starliner crew launch minutes before liftoff
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Boeing 's first Starliner flight with astronauts on board was called off in the final minutes on Saturday. Holds in a rocket launch countdown – as well as "scrubs," indicating a launch delay – are a common occurrence in the industry. Two NASA astronauts are aboard the Starliner capsule, which would be carried by United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station. Depending on the cause of the launch scrub, Boeing and NASA can reschedule the launch for another attempt 24 hours later, or target alternative launch dates of June 5th or June 6th. Saturday's crew flight test represents the final major step before receiving NASA certification to begin regular missions.

Persons: Lockheed Martin Organizations: United Launch Alliance, Boeing, International Space Station, NASA, United, Lockheed Locations: Florida, ULA

☆ Boeing, NASA cancel Starliner launch attempt scheduled Sunday after failed Saturday take-off
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolls out in Florida on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Leaders from Boeing, NASA and the United Launch Alliance, or ULA, held a press conference later Saturday afternoon to provide updates on the malfunction and the status of the next launch attempt. "The disappointment lasts for about three seconds," said Mark Nappi, Vice President and Program Manager of Boeing's Commercial Crew Program. Holds in a rocket launch countdown – as well as "scrubs," indicating a launch delay – are a common occurrence in the industry. Two NASA astronauts are aboard the Starliner capsule, which would be carried by United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station.

Persons: Boeing's, Mark Nappi, ULA, Tory Bruno, Lockheed Martin Organizations: United Launch Alliance, International Space Station, Boeing, NASA, United, Lockheed Locations: Florida, ULA

☆ Boeing Starliner launch: How to watch NASA-crewed mission lift off
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Ashley Strickland | Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Boeing’s Starliner is aiming to launch its crewed maiden voyage Saturday, a mission that has been a decade in the making. Boeing Crew Flight Test mission goalsAfter reaching orbit, the Starliner crew capsule carrying Wilmore and Williams will separate from the Atlas V rocket and fire its own engines. Starliner is expected to spend more than 24 hours traveling to the International Space Station, with docking anticipated to occur at 1:50 p.m. A series of delaysYears of development hang-ups, test flight problems and other costly setbacks have slowed Starliner’s path to the launchpad. And that’s why we determined that we could go fly with what we have.”During the launch countdown, mission teams will monitor the leak to see whether it increases.

Persons: CNN —, Mark Burger, SpaceX’s, Bill Nelson, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, —, ” Nelson, Williams, Joe Skipper, Steve Stich, Wilmore, Stich, SpaceX —, ”, Mark Nappi, Starliner, ” Nappi, Nappi, ” Stich, Dana Weigel, ” Weigel, “, Weigel, Mike Fincke, Butch, Suni, CNN’s Deblina Chakraborty Organizations: CNN, Atlas, Cape Canaveral Space Force, 45th Weather Squadron, NASA, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Boeing, Atlas V, International, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, NASA’s, Space Station, Wilmore Locations: Florida, United States

☆ Boeing, NASA say Starliner astronaut launch will move forward despite spacecraft helium leak
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing and NASA are moving forward with the launch of the company's Starliner capsule, set to carry U.S. astronauts for the first time, despite a "stable" leak in the spacecraft's propulsion system. "We are comfortable with the causes that we've identified for this specific leak," Boeing Vice President and manager of the company's Commercial Crew program, Mark Nappi, said during a press conference on Friday. "We know we can manage this [leak], so this is really not a safety of flight issue," Nappi added. Boeing is now targeting June 1 for the first crewed launch of its spacecraft, with backup opportunities on June 2, June 5 and June 6. To date, Boeing has eaten $1.5 billion in costs due to Starliner setbacks, in addition to nearly $5 billion of NASA development funds.

Persons: Mark Nappi, Nappi Organizations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, United Launch Alliance, Boeing's, NASA's Boeing, Cape Canaveral Space Force, Boeing, International Space Locations: Florida

☆ In a high-stakes test, Boeing will launch NASA astronauts to space for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

After years of delays, Boeing is finally set to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on its Starliner spacecraft. ET, atop an Atlas V rocket at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams will pilot the Starliner on its inaugural crewed flight — a crucial final test before NASA can authorize Boeing to conduct routine flights to and from the space station for the agency. If successful, the flight will enable Boeing to challenge the dominance held by Elon Musk's SpaceX, which has been ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the orbiting outpost since 2020. At a preflight briefing last week, Wilmore said safety is paramount and that previous Starliner launch attempts — both uncrewed and crewed — were delayed because the capsule simply was not ready until now.

Persons: Astronauts Barry, Butch, Wilmore, Sunita Williams, Elon Musk's Organizations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, United, Alliance, Boeing's, NASA's Boeing, Cape Canaveral Space Force, Boeing, International, Atlas, Canaveral Space Force, Astronauts, Elon, Elon Musk's SpaceX Locations: Florida

Bolts that helped secure a panel to the frame of a Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing before the panel blew off the Alaska Airlines plane last month, according to accident investigators. The report included a photo from Boeing, which worked on the panel, which is called a door plug. In the photo, three of the four bolts that prevent the panel from moving upward are missing. The investigators said that the lack of certain damage around the panel indicates that all four bolts were missing before the plane took off from Portland, Oregon. A text between Boeing employees who finished working on the plane after the rivets were replaced included the photo showing the plug with missing bolts, according to the report.

Persons: David Calhoun, ” Investigators, Max, Michael Whitaker, —, “ what’s Organizations: Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety, Pilots, NTSB, ”, Alaska, United Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Spirit Locations: Portland , Oregon, Boeing’s, Seattle, Alaska

☆ Boeing's last 747 is rolling out of the factory after a more than 50-year production run
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

EVERETT, Wash. − Boeing 's final 747 is set to roll out of the company's cavernous factory north of Seattle as airlines' push for more fuel-efficient planes ends the more than half-century production run of the jumbo jet. "It's a very surreal time, obviously," said Kim Smith, vice president and general manager of Boeing's 747 and 767s programs out of the assembly plant here. "For the first time in well over 50 years we will not have a 747 in this facility." The lone 747, covered in a green protective coating, sits inside the company's massive assembly plant in Everett — the largest building in the world by volume, according to Boeing. The end of 747 production doesn't mean the planes will disappear entirely from the skies, since the new ones could fly for decades.

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