Keith’s note: The NASA OIG has issued a report on Management of Commercial Crew – and they are concerned with a lot of things. Summary below.
Boeing
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A Message From Administrator Jared Isaacman (Starliner)
Dear NASA Team, Within the next week, Congress will be briefed by the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, and NASA’s independent investigative report on the Starliner Crewed Flight Test will be […]
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NASA Reclassifies Starliner Crew Flight As A Class A Mishap
Keith’s note: NASA issued a press release “NASA Releases Report on Starliner Crewed Flight Test Investigation” today: ” NASA released a report of findings from the Program Investigation Team examining […]
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NASAWatch on TV: Starliner Returns To Earth
Keith’s note: Starliner made a mostly flawless return to Earth early today. I was on Deutsche Welle yesterday before the landing [audio] and then again after the landing [audio]. If […]
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3 Strikes For Starliner. Is It Out?
Keith’s note: NASA says that Starliner will return to Earth without any crew. Butch and Suni will stay on ISS until early 2025 when the Crew 9 on a SpaceX […]
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NASAWatch on TV/Radio: Starliner Updates
Keith’s note: Wednesday morning I was on CNN talking about the latest news – or rather lack thereof – regarding the ongoing Boeing Starliner saga. NASA held a media update […]
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NASA OIG: Boeing Is Having Big Problems With SLS Block 1B
NASAâs Management of Space Launch System Block 1B Development, NASA OIG: “Quality control issues at Michoud are largely due to the lack of a sufficient number of trained and experienced […]
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Boeing And NASA Simply Cannot Get Their Act Together On Starliner
NASA official acknowledges internal âdisagreementâ on safety of Starliner return, Ars Technica: “Boeing engineers are advocating for flying Starliner as is, that enough is known about the problem that failures […]
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NASAWatch on Scripps News: Boeing Starliner Update
Keith’s note: I just recorded a piece for Scripps News that should be airing on its various networks/stations about the current Boeing Starliner status and the planned EVA. ICYMI according […]
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NASAWatch on TV: Boeing Starliner Updates
Keith’s note: I just did an interview for ARD TV (German) which is being edited up for later use and also a live interview on Alhurra TV (VOA Arabic language) […]