Published in : 05/19/2022 – 17:32 Washington (AFP) – After years of delays and failures, Boeing is expected to try to get back in the race on Thursday with the liftoff of its Starliner capsule, for an empty test flight towards the International Space Station, in hopes of finally becoming the second company to serve. … Read more
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, with the Boeing Starliner capsule atop, before a test flight, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 18, 2022 (NASA/Joel KOWSKY) After years of delays and failures, Boeing is expected to try to get back in the race on Thursday with the liftoff of its Starliner capsule, for an empty … Read more
A curse to forget and a coat of arms to restore. That, in essence, is the dual challenge Boeing faced at the end of May 2022. On Thursday night (0:54 am Paris time), its Starliner capsule is due to take off from Florida on top of an Atlas V rocket, to the second attempt of … Read more
However, this did not materialize. Meanwhile, Boeing is still trying to conduct an uncrewed test flight. The company will make its second attempt this week, hoping the flawless performance will fix its image as a shooting star in human spaceflight. The controversies surrounding Starliner also added to other issues. Problems within Boeing’s commercial aircraft division … Read more
You can usually blame an airline flight delay on some of the usual suspects, like bad weather, mechanical problems, and lane traffic. But thanks to the rise of the commercial space industry, there is now a surprising new source of disruption to air travel: rocket launches. In recent weeks, flights to and from Florida have … Read more
You can usually blame an airline flight delay on some of the usual suspects, like bad weather, mechanical problems, and lane traffic. But thanks to the rise of the commercial space industry, there is now a surprising new source of disruption to air travel: rocket launches. In recent weeks, flights to and from Florida have … Read more
Like a modern Percival Lowell, Elon Musk is a true Mars enthusiast. So much so that, since the early 2000s, the young multimillionaire, just 30 years old, wanted to enter the aerospace sector. Initially, Musk’s goal was to build a scientific base on the Red Planet with the project oasis of march. But the costs … Read more
Like a modern Percival Lowell, Elon Musk is a true Mars enthusiast. So much so that, since the early 2000s, the young multimillionaire, just 30 years old, wanted to enter the aerospace sector. Initially, Musk’s goal was to build a scientific base on the Red Planet with the project oasis of march. But the costs … Read more
Like a modern Percival Lowell, Elon Musk is a true Mars enthusiast. So much so that, since the early 2000s, the young multimillionaire, just 30 years old, wanted to enter the aerospace sector. Initially, Musk’s goal was to build a scientific base on the Red Planet with the project oasis of march. But the costs … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft descends by parachute on December 22, 2019, following the completion of the Orbital Flight Test-1 mission. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Geminani Members of NASA’s Independent Safety Advisory Board on Thursday warned the space agency against rushing into a test flight for the crew of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and raised concerns about the capsule’s final … Read more
