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NASA insists Boeing Starliner crew not ‘stranded’ in space

Boeing’s Starliner capsule returns to Earth pending indefinitely NASA announced Friday that it is awaiting results from new thruster tests and ongoing analysis of helium leaks that occurred during the craft’s rendezvous with the International Space Station. But agency officials insisted Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams they are not “stranded” in… Read More »

What’s next for the Boeing Starliner after its first crewed flight test?

Boeing executive Mark Nappi has a spacecraft checklist of about 90 items. Nappi is working with NASA to facilitate the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, scheduled for launch on May 6, the first mission with astronauts on board. Stating that Starliner went to space twice during unmanned test flights in 2019 and… Read More »