Boeing's Starliner capsule makes launch debut, but hits snag
Boeing Co.'s new Starliner capsule will not dock with the International Space Station during its first test flight after all.
Boeing is one of two companies hired by NASA to launch astronauts from the U.S. The space agency has been relying on Russian rockets to travel to the space station since the retirement of the space shuttle almost nine years ago. The space agency handed over station deliveries to private businesses, first cargo and then crews, in order to focus on getting astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars.Commercial cargo ships took flight in 2012, starting with SpaceX. Crew capsules were more complicated to design and build, and parachute and other technical problems pushed the first launches from 2017 to now next year.
Chris Ferguson commanded that last shuttle mission. Now a test pilot astronaut for Boeing and one of the Starliner’s key developers, he’s assigned to the first Starliner crew with NASA’s Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann. All three were at control centers to watch the launch. The test dummy — named after the biceps-flexing riveter of World War II — wore a red polka dot hair bandanna like the original Rosie and Boeing’s custom royal blue spacesuit.
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