Boeing Space Flight Postponed After Mishap at Space Station

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Boeing postponed a planned launch of the company’s Starliner space capsule after a mishap at the International Space Station involving a Russian vehicle

Boeing Co. and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration postponed the launchThe launch of the Starliner had been scheduled for Friday afternoon.

Boeing had spent months preparing for the flight after a December 2019 attempt to send the capsule to dock with the space station failed when a software errorOfficials on Thursday decided to put off launching the Boeing vehicle after a flight-control team noticed at 12:45 p.m. ET that the Russian spacecraft, called the Nauka, inadvertently fired its thrusters while it was docked to the space station.

Ground control teams were able to reorient the space station and officials said no crew members were in danger, NASA said. The motion of the facility is now stable, according to the agency.

 

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