Der nächste Starliner-Flug, bekannt als Starliner-1, wird von der NASA genutzt, um die notwendige Fracht an das Orbitallabor zu liefern und die Validierung der System-Upgrades während des Fluges zu ermöglichen, die nach der Crew Flight Test-Mission im letzten Jahr durchgeführt wurden. NASA und Boeing planen, den unbemannten Starliner-1 frühestens im April 2026 zu fliegen, bis die strengen Tests, Zertifizierungen und Missionsvorbereitungsaktivitäten abgeschlossen sind.
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Looking forward to OFT-3!
Go Starliner, go Boeing!
They are certifying it even though its never flown a successful mission? Even now they are getting a free ride.
Don’t know how Boeing does that final flight without a 4th rocket they can use though.
They’ve had a lot of issues, mostly valves recently though. Although it’s a tough nut to crack I am hopeful they can iron out the issues.
Look, I know SpaceX gets a lot of glaze, including from me.
But, in all seriousness, why not just cancel Starliner at this point and use SpaceX? Is the contract so ironclad that there is no „escape clause“ NASA can invoke to just… stop? It seems entirely pointless to give Starliner life support when the ISS is slated to be decommissioned soon.
So Boeing goes from 6 to 4 flights, of which one is unscrewed.
This probably means SpaceX gets the 3 remaining crewed flights.
This whole ordeal is why redundancy in crewed vehicles is so important. With that said, I wish we got the timeline where SNC won the contract over boeing. I’d love to see a crewed DreamChaser performing crew rotations. Small spaceplanes have a lot of potential
I’m very glad to see NASA prioritize safety and not take any unnecessary risks. After the last flight it would’ve been too risky to fly crew on it, a fully successful uncrewed mission is definitely needed.