Boeing and NASA are moving forward with a June 1 launch attempt of the first crewed Starliner mission despite a 'stable' leak in its propulsion system.
Boeing and NASA are moving forward with a June 1 launch attempt of the company's Starliner capsule despite a "stable" leak in the spacecraft's propulsion system.
"We know we can manage this , so this is really not a safety of flight issue," Boeing Vice President Mark Nappi said on Friday.
The mission – known as the Starliner Crew Flight Test – is intended to serve as the final major development test of the capsule by delivering a pair of NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station before flying routine missions., with SpaceX's competing Dragon capsule flying astronauts for NASA regularly since 2020 under the agency's Commercial Crew program.
"It's so complicated. There's so many things going on. We really just needed to work through it as a team," Bowersox said.
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