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Mike Wehner
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If you aren't up to date on the saga of Boeing's Starliner allow me to get you up to speed. NASA hired both Boeing and SpaceX to produce crew-capable spacecraft that would allow it to send astronauts to the International Space Station. This is called the Commercial Crew Program and while SpaceX had its fair share of delays and setbacks, it eventually delivered its Crew Dragon capsule to NASA in 2020. The spacecraft completed two test missions and then one official mission to the ISS, but Boeing's Starliner has yet to even complete an uncrewed trip. It's a troubling situation for both NASA and Boeing, especially since the first attempt at an uncrewed mission to the space station resulted in Starliner having to abort before even making it to the orbiting laboratory.
All eyes have been on Boeing to do whatever it can to get the Starliner done and deliver it to NASA, even though it's already years behind schedule. Flights have been scheduled and delayed time and time again, and now it's looking like the most optimistic timeline for the spacecraft would put a crewed test flight in early 2022 at the earliest.
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It might be another full year before we see Boeing’s Starliner carry a crew originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 16:14:12 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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