Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on a second un-crewed test flight to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesiusis targeting February 2023 to fly its first Starliner mission with astronauts aboard to the International Space Station, Boeing and NASA officials said on Thursday, as the aerospace company nears the final leg of a costly and much-delayed development timeline.
Boeing and NASA expect to fly the crewed mission after engineers correct issues encountered during Starliner's March test flight, including a few onboard thruster failures during the spacecraft's ascent to orbit that the company's Starliner boss, Mark Nappi, attributed to debris.
The eight-day mission, transporting NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the station and back, would mark the final test mission before NASA can certify Starliner for routine astronaut missions.
WTF? Why are they waiting so long? Get off your ass Boeing! You’re making all our us in King County look like shit!
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