BREAKING: Boeing's new Starliner capsule went off course after launch and won't dock with the International Space Station. It was supposed to be a crucial dress rehearsal for next year's inaugural launch with astronauts.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing’s new Starliner capsule went off course after launch Friday and won’t dock with the International Space Station during its first test flight.The blastoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, went flawlessly as the Atlas V rocket lifted off with the Starliner capsule. But a half-hour into the flight, Boeing reported that the capsule didn’t get into the right orbit to reach the space station.
With less fuel on board, it put the rest of the flight in jeopardy. The Starliner was supposed to reach the space station on Saturday and stay for a week. The space agency handed over station deliveries to private businesses, first cargo and then crews, in order to focus on getting astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars.
Chris Ferguson commanded that last shuttle mission. Now a test pilot astronaut for Boeing and one of the Starliner’s key developers, he’s assigned to the first Starliner crew with NASA’s Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann. All three were at control centers to watch the launch.
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