Boeing: Boeing's Starliner may fly again, pending fixes to literally everything

Skip to comments. Posted on 03/29/2025 7:25:40 AM PDT by Salman NASA says Boeing's Starliner - dubbed the Calamity Capsule - could fly again, but not before the end of 2025 or start of 2026. The CST-100 Starliner capsule returned to Earth last year with its tail between its legs. It was the capsule's first crewed mission, but the flight was dogged with issues, including problems with thrusters. Managers eventually decided that the safest course of action was to leave the crew on the International Space Station (ISS). The vehicle made a successful landing without a crew, and in the months since, NASA and Boeing tried to work out what went wrong and how to fix it. According to NASA, "more than 70 percent of flight observations and flight anomalies" have been closed. However, the space agency noted that "the major in-flight propulsion system anomalies Starliner experienced in orbit are expected to remain open further into 2025." Neither NASA nor Boeing responded to a request from The Register regarding what that "more than 70 percent" actually was. ... (Excerpt) Read more at theregister.com ... Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.