Boeing aims for new test launch of Starliner astronaut capsule
for Starliner, codenamed CST-100, at the Farnborough International Air Show in the UK.
But while SpaceX is now four crewed operational flights into this new era, Boeing has yet to run a single crewed mission in a Starliner. And a big part of that is because Boeing's first unpiloted "Orbital Flight Test" in December 2019 went seriously awry. Controllers on the ground could see the problem playing out but had difficulty communicating with the spacecraft.
The post-mission review initiated a series of re-designs and upgrades that have enabled Boeing to approach an Orbital Flight Test 2 .The re-run is following the same planned profile: an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station. That said, an anthropomorphic test device, more commonly known as a flight dummy, dubbed "Rosie the Rocketeer", will once again strap in for the ride.
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