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Will Boeing Ever Fly A Crew To ISS?
Will Boeing Ever Fly A Crew To ISS?

Keith’s note: NASA just gave SpaceX 5 more crew flights to the ISS for a total of 14 contracted flights. Boeing has yet to fly a crew – its first Starliner crew flight has been pushed back again until next year. Other than redundancy, does NASA really need Boeing’s capability at this point?

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  • NASA Watch
  • September 1, 2022
Starliner Glides Back To Earth
Starliner Glides Back To Earth

Boeing And NASA Complete The First Starliner Space Station Flight Test, Boeing “Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft landed at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at 5:49 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday 25 May. The safe return to Earth brings a close to the successful end-to-end uncrewed orbital flight test that was flown to demonstrate the quality and performance of the transportation system prior to crewed flights. […]

  • NASA Watch
  • May 25, 2022
Boeing's Starliner Is Back In Space – And Docked With ISS
Boeing's Starliner Is Back In Space – And Docked With ISS

Keith’s update: Starliner docked with the ISS on Friday night. Boeing Starliner Launches To The International Space Station, NASA “Starliner lifted off on NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) at 6:54 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Following an orbital insertion burn 31 minutes later, Starliner was on its way for a rendezvous and docking with the space station.” Starliner enters orbit, […]

  • NASA Watch
  • May 20, 2022
Starliner Still Has Issues (Update)
Starliner Still Has Issues (Update)

Keith’s note: According to an official press release issued on 9 May “NASA and Boeing will hold a media teleconference at about 6 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 11”. So when you go to the NASA media page for the beginning of the event around 6:00 pm EDT the official website says “5:30 p.m. – Media briefing for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2)”. The media event ended at 6:11 […]

  • NASA Watch
  • May 11, 2022
Boeing's Starliner Problems Remain Unresolved
Boeing's Starliner Problems Remain Unresolved

Nearly two months after discovering a problem with its Starliner spacecraft, Boeing is still searching for answers, Washington Post “Several days after Boeing discovered the latest problem with its Starliner spacecraft, it removed the capsule from the rocket and returned it to the factory where engineers have been playing detective, trying to figure out what went wrong. But now, some two months after it first discovered an issue with some […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 26, 2021
Boeing Restarts Creepy SLS Campaign On Social Media

Every time @NASA_SLS #SLS has schedule problems @BoeingSpace spends money on social media ads that send you to a website where they overtly tell you that they will sell your data to others and they use "NASA" in the ads that attract you to visit. #Creepy #BaitAndSwitch #NASA pic.twitter.com/0PZ8l4rUwb — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 23, 2021 This is what sort of information they collect about you that they will share […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 24, 2021
NASA And Boeing Will Hold A "Space-Is-Hard" Media Event Today
NASA And Boeing Will Hold A "Space-Is-Hard" Media Event Today

Starliner Returning to Factory to Resolve Valve Issue “Today, Boeing informed NASA that the company will destack its CST-100 Starliner from the Atlas V rocket and return the spacecraft to the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) for deeper-level troubleshooting of four propulsion system valves that remain closed after last Tuesday’s scrubbed launch.” Keith’s 1:00 pm EDT update: This just serves to confirm what I wrote earlier. Boeing and […]

  • NASA Watch
  • August 13, 2021
Boeing Is Still Fixing Broken Valves On Starliner
Boeing Is Still Fixing Broken Valves On Starliner

NASA, Boeing Make Progress on Starliner Valve Issue “Work progressed to restore functionality to several valves in the Starliner propulsion system that did not open as designed during the launch countdown for the Aug. 3 launch attempt. The valves connect to thrusters that enable abort and in-orbit maneuvering.” Keith’s note: How – why – did this spacecraft – one that is supposed to eventually fly humans – ever make it […]

  • NASA Watch
  • August 9, 2021