Running years behind schedule, the Crew Flight Test mission will carry two veteran astronauts to the International Space Station to verify the ship's readiness to begin regular service ferrying crews to and from the lab complex.
The first piloted flight of Boeing's Starliner astronaut ferry ship is slipping from late April to at least July 21, officials said Wednesday, to allow more time to close out paperwork and to carry out an additional test of the spacecraft's parachute deploy system.
Boeing engineers attach a Starliner crew capsule to its propulsion and service module in preparation for the company's first piloted test flight of the astronaut ferry ship. That flight, carrying two NASA astronauts, is now targeted for launch no earlier than July 21.NASA Commercial Crew Program manager Steve Stich said there's nothing wrong with Starliner's parachute system and"when we look across the vehicle, the Starliner spacecraft is in really good shape. ...
"When we look at all the different pieces, most of the work will complete in April for the flight," Stich said."But there's one area that's extending out into the May time frame. And this really has to do with the certification products for the parachute system. Boeing and SpaceX were awarded contracts in 2014 to build commercial crew ships that could carry NASA and partner agency astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX, under an initial $2.6 billion contract, designed a crewed version of its Dragon cargo ship that would ride into orbit atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket.
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