Though the US space agency has flagged 'emerging issues' that must be resolved before the Crew Flight Test mission.
2, it docked with the orbital station. Now, NASA and Boeing state that they have completed 95 percent of the certification work needed for the first crew mission, CFT.
"We are taking a methodical approach to the first crewed flight of Starliner incorporating all of the lessons learned from the various in-depth testing campaigns," Steve Stich, NASA commercial crew program manager, explained in the statement. “In addition to the closeout of ongoing work, the team remains vigilant on tracking new technical issues as we complete certification for crewed flight.
This issue should take a week to fix, however, NASA and Boeing explained, meaning it shouldn't affect the launch of CFT. It does, though, raise the concern that other issues may arise closer to launch. The team is also revising the efficiency of joints in the capsule's parachute system in order to ensure they are up to standard for crewed launches.
Once NASA and Boeing are certain they wish to go ahead with the launch, they will fuel the spacecraft 60 days ahead of the mission.of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, ended NASA's almost decade-long reliance on Russian launch vehicles to take humans to the ISS. If all goes to plan, Boeing could soon end NASA's reliance on SpaceX.
However, the space agency won't be rushed into the first crewed test flight for Starliner. In the NASA and Boeing statement, Stich did state that the July launch date is not set in stone. "If a schedule adjustment needs to be made in the future, then we will certainly do that as we have done before. We will only fly when we are ready."
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