NASA, Boeing delay Starliner capsule's 1st astronaut launch to early May

The Boeing Starliner capsule that will fly the company’s Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station is shown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April 2023., called Crew Flight Test , had been tentatively scheduled to launch in mid-April. But that's no longer the plan, NASA andtechnical issues

—chiefly, a problem with the suspension lines on Starliner's main parachutes and the fact that much of the capsule's wiring was wrapped with flammable tape — pushed the liftoff to this spring. Boeing has been developing Starliner under a multibillion-dollar contract the company signed with NASA in September 2014. The capsule has launched on two uncrewed test flights to date, both of which targeted the ISS. , and failed to meet up with the orbiting lab as planned.

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Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from spaceMichael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
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