Boeing Starliner still an option for future NASA astronaut crews

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  • NASA is still planning to use Boeing’s star liner spacecraft for future missions in ISS.
  • The Boeing is actively resolving the throster issues born during the recent star liner flights.
  • The NASA emphasizes the importance of two commercial spacecraft providers for crew transportation.

Now that Booch Vilmor and Sunita Williams have returned safely to Space X dragon with staff -9, many are surprised to find out what Boeing is next to the Star Liner capsule.

It turns out that NASA is still seeking to use astronauts at the International Space Station and is on the Boeing Ship, which has worked to solve the Therester problem, which led NASA to keep the star liner, which made Vilmor and Williams on Earth.

Williams and Vilmor, who were on the flight of about 8-10 days of star liner, remained on ISS for more than nine months. The couple returned to the ground on a Space X -Dragon capsule on Tuesday.

Although the Old International Space Station is ready to retire around 2030, NASA plans that the trade staff program has two spacecraft waste, there was no such option during the shuttle program.

“This shows the flexibility of our commercial suppliers. The fact is that they flew home on Boeing Car and Space X, it has also been learned a lesson for NASA. When we have both Boeing and Spaces flying on a regular basis, we also need to be able to do the opposite, while a recent report.

After retiring the space shuttle in 2011, NASA needed a way to move the astronauts to ISS and from it and asked private companies to make suggestions about it.

The agency eventually gave $ 3.14 billion for Boeing and Space X to produce a new spacecraft.

Space X has flown NASA astronauts since 2020, while Boeing is still trying to catch and blow up a mission with a complete success.

What is next to the Boeing Star Liner?

NASA claims that it is time to know what happens to the star liner.

NASA’s commercial staff program manager Steve Statch said during a recent press briefing, “We are trying to make it under this post certification phase of the contract. And Boeing has already provided a lot of certification.” “They have a little more than the Sahara (propulsion) system.”

Statch says even despite Kelly Ottberg taking power as Boeing CEO, the company is committed to moving forward in NASA’s business staff program.

“They realize that they have an important car, and we were very close to the ability we would like to feel.”

The capsule will need to be completed at least more test flights before the ISS regular travel.

After the next flight, whether it be staff or unmanageable, Statch told the media that NASA hopes the star liner should be included in the rotation of the staff along with Space X’s dragon, as was the actual plan. This mission will be called Star Liner 1.

What was the problem with Boeing’s star liner?

Boeing has seen the first few flights to his star liner, starting with the first orbit flight in 2019.

The first extraordinary test flight of the Star Liner (ofT-1) was launched in 2019, and when it arrived in orbit, it failed to reach ISS. The follow-up flight test (ofT-2) was started in 2022, and when it met the ISS standards and successfully landed, several issues were discovered when the Boeing staff inspected the spacecraft after his return.

After the problems were settled, Boeing was ready to prove that it could blow up astronauts. However, the launch of Williams and Vilmor last June was delayed in a month due to technical problems.

More problems arose when the capsule was docking at the space station. During the station’s approach, the service module shut down five thros, and indicated the astronauts manually because they held a star liner at a safe distance from ISS.

After the teams performed a “hot fire” – in which the star liner was sent to the command – the throuster was indicated to return and the star liner managed to safely at the dizziness post.

Brook Edwards is a space reporter for Florida today. Contact her BedWards@floridatode.com Or on x: @Brookoff Stars.

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