Recent accounts from NASA veterans Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams reveal that their Boeing Starliner spacecraft experienced multiple, cascading thruster failures during its June 2024 docking attempt with the International Space Station (ISS). The problems brought the mission close to catastrophe and forced NASA to make a critical flight-rule waiver decision. This latest setback occurred... The post Newly revealed details on Boeing Starliner's mission highlight systemic engineering challenges appeared first on Research & Development World.
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