After a very public failure in 2019, Boeing and its Starliner spacecraft have a shot at redemption with their upcoming second test flight. But it will have to wait for now.
While NASA assures space station crew"was never and is not in any danger," flight controllers noticed an unplanned firing of thrusters on the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module on Thursday. NASA and Boeing decided to stand down from Friday's launch to give ISS teams more time to conduct checkouts of the newly arrived module, dubbed Nauka.
The mission is seen as critical for Boeing, as it has yet to launch astronauts for NASA while its Commercial Crew program competitor SpaceX has flown multiple crewed missions to the space station in addition to multiple cargo flights. Boeing is also still reeling from the fallout related to issues with its 737 Max jets. If the Starliner launch fails again, it is difficult to see how it will be able to remain competitive against SpaceX for NASA contracts.
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