Two astronauts will have to wait to set off for the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule, following a problem with the Atlas V rocket that caused the mission to be aborted before launch
Boeing’s Starliner capsule will have to wait for its first crewed flight, as a 6 May launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida was called off due to an issue with the. NASA has not yet announced a new date for the launch, but when it does go ahead Starliner and its two passengers will head for the International Space Station .didn’t take place until 2019. That flight reached orbit, but software issues prevented it from meeting up with the ISS.
NASA awarded Boeing the contract to use Starliner as a shuttle to the ISS in 2014, at the same time as a similar contract was awarded to SpaceX for its. Boeing has lagged behind Dragon, which made its first crewed flight in 2020 and is now on its eighth operational mission.When both are operational, it will give NASA a choice between rides to the ISS, which has not been the case since thein 2011.
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