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I mean... yeah!
I was still there. 1.
It was still functional (how?!). 2.
And, kind if the best part: even the camera was still working!!
Yeah, really, that was one hell of a flight.
And the visuals it gave us! It, at times, almost gave the impression of looking at the inside of a nuclear reactor. The slowly growing and evolving plasma bubble, to think we were able to see that is awesome.
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In contrast to the amazing starship test, the Boeing Starliner is victim of multiple helium leaks, an RCS thruster out of service and even 4 thrusters that shut down before going back online again.
Return of the crew delayed to June 22nd.
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Return of the crew delayed to June 22nd.
Fifth helium leak detected on Starliner
NASA confirmed that Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has suffered a fifth, although minor, helium leak in its propulsion system as engineers work to prepare the vehicle for its return to Earth…
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While Boeing tweets about all the tests they are doing (without giving the results) about the thruster faults, Starliner is still docked at the ISS, and no return date is set. NASA is silent but it is now known that they have asked SpaceX to imagine a emergency mission without admitting it might be for the Starliner crew.
Of course money is probably in the equation now.The image of the Starliner being unsafe for human flight has a price for Boeing at a time when the 737 Max with the crashes and unscrewed doors already hurts the company in its core business.
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Of course money is probably in the equation now.The image of the Starliner being unsafe for human flight has a price for Boeing at a time when the 737 Max with the crashes and unscrewed doors already hurts the company in its core business.
NASA says it is “evaluating all options” for the safe return of Starliner crew
SpaceX is actively working on a plan to fly Starliner’s crew home.
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The SpaceX "Crew 9" mission to the ISS planned for August 18th is delayed at least to the end of september to evaluate possibilities of getting the starliner crew back onboard the starliner, or on freed seats onboard Crew 9.
Anyways, the Starliner crew that was to stay at the ISS for two weeks from June might come back in February 2025.
Anyways, the Starliner crew that was to stay at the ISS for two weeks from June might come back in February 2025.
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So itś now official.
The astronauts who flew to the ISS Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly down in a SpaceX crewdragon. The heap of hňjunj that bears the official name "Starliner" will fly down unmanned and we will see if it makes it.
For Boeing that means low profile if the ship is lost, but perhaps suing NASA for making them look bad if the Starliner gets home.
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The astronauts who flew to the ISS Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly down in a SpaceX crewdragon. The heap of hňjunj that bears the official name "Starliner" will fly down unmanned and we will see if it makes it.
For Boeing that means low profile if the ship is lost, but perhaps suing NASA for making them look bad if the Starliner gets home.
Troubled Boeing Starliner will return to earth without stranded astronauts: NASA
NASA officials announced that the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft that shuttled two astronauts to space in June will return to earth without them.
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They freaking did it!
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Start of a new era, just amazing
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Holy F***. Science fiction. The last time I had feeling it's when two of the Falcon Heavy boosters landed simultaneously in a perfectly synchronized fashion. Absolutely f***ing unreal.
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And Starship just landed.
Before falling over and exploding.
Flaps were intact, overall, though one of them did start to melt (but not as much as last time).
Before falling over and exploding.
Flaps were intact, overall, though one of them did start to melt (but not as much as last time).
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