NASA Voices Confidence in Boeing Despite Starliner Delays
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - JULY 29: In this NASA handout, A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Boeings Orbital Flight Test-2 will be Starliners second uncrewed flight test and will dock to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for launch at 2:53 p.m. EDT Friday, July 30, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. got a vote of confidence from Steve Stich, the head of NASA’s commercial crew program, as investigators work to figure out why propellant valves on the company’s Starliner capsule malfunctioned, forcing it to scrap a critical August test flight.
- Stich told reporters Tuesday he “doesn’t see a scenario where Boeing won’t succeed.”
- Boeing is targeting late 2022 for first crewed flight, if a rescheduled test flight goes to plan
- Boeing, NASA to remove three stuck valves from service module for in depth study
- Muggy Florida air a likely cause of the malfunctioning valves: Boeing
- Boeing vice president John Vollmer declined to discuss cost of delays, but said NASA won’t pay
- MORE: Boeing Zeroes in on Cause of Sticky Valve in Starliner Craft (1)
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