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NASA boosts support to get Boeing's Starliner flying again
Original: NASA ramps up support to get Boeing’s astronaut capsule flying after Butch and Suni fiasco. @ AssociatedPress reports th
NASA is stepping up support for Boeing's Starliner astronaut capsule as the company works to return the spacecraft to flight. The Starliner suffered so many problems during its 2024 test flight that its two pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, were left stranded aboard the International Space Station for nearly a year, with NASA eventually bringing them home on a SpaceX capsule. The push to fix the troubled capsule has drawn renewed attention to Boeing's struggles in its commercial crew programme.
Why now: The extended ordeal of the stranded astronauts and Boeing's ongoing technical troubles remain a high-profile story in spaceflight.
NASABoeingStarlinerButch WilmoreSuni Williams
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- NASA ramps up support to get Boeing’s astronaut capsule flying after Butch and Suni fiasco. @ AssociatedPress reports the "Starliner capsule had so many problems in 2024 that its two test pilots were stuck at the International Space Station for nearly a year." https://… · ScienceDesk@flipboard.social · 2
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