First crewed launch for Boeing's Starliner space capsule is scrubbed after issue with booster rocket
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- May 07, 2024
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Photographers capture the Boeing Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket.
By: If successful, Boeing would join SpaceX as the second American company to provide crew shuttle services to orbit for NASA.
NASA awarded the ultimate crew contracts to Boeing and SpaceX in 2014. But Boeing's Starliner program had already dealt with delays, setbacks and troubled testing, most recently encountering software issues that delayed an uncrewed test flight to the space station and underperforming parachutes that weren't safe enough to deploy with a crew aboard.
Like SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, Starliner is meant to be reused for future launches. On its return to Earth, instead of splashing down into the ocean like Dragon, Starliner carries airbags to cushion its landing on solid ground.
The capsule has room to expand its mission on future launches. It has room to carry as many as seven crew.
In addition to the scrapped launch, Boeing has six more launches for NASA planned, extending through 2030.
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