NASA and Boeing have provided some updates around their Commercial Crew plans, which aim to get Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft certified for regular human flight. From a report: The CST-100 and Boeing’s Commercial Crew aspirations hit a snag last year with a first attempt of an uncrewed orbital flight test, which did not go to plan thanks to a couple of software…
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Why Did It Take NASA a Decade To Get Back Into Space?
An anonymous reader writes: When talking about the nine year gap since America last flew astronauts with their own spacecraft, it’s often said that NASA didn’t have a plan in place when they retired the Space Shuttle. But the reality is a lot more complicated than that. NASA was working on a new spacecraft and rocket, and even made a successful…
NASA Safety Panel Calls For Reviews After Second Starliner Software Problem
A second software problem during a CST-100 Starliner test flight is prompting a NASA safety panel to recommend a review of Boeing’s software verification processes. Space News reports: That new software problem, not previously discussed by NASA or Boeing, was discussed during a Feb. 6 meeting of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel that examined the December uncrewed test flight of Starliner…
Boeing Starliner Spacecraft Launches on Historic 1st Mission to Space Station
Boeing’s reusable CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully launched on its first uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station today (Dec. 20). Source: https://www.livescience.com/boeing-starliner-historic-flight-test-launch-success.html
SpaceX Successfully Tests Crewed Dragon Launch Abort Engines
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ExtremeTech: SpaceX has cleared a major hurdle on the way to launching manned missions with its Dragon spacecraft. The company had to push back its launch plans after the stunning explosion of a Crew Dragon capsule during testing earlier this year. Now, SpaceX has successfully tested the engines without incident, paving the way for…