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Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Cleared for Orbital Flight Test to ISS
Boeing and NASA have recently completed assessments for the CST-100 Starliner that certifies its readiness for an orbital flight test to the International Space Station on Dec. 20, International Business Times reported Saturday.
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Boeing Gears Up for CST-100 Spacecraft Flight, Pad Abort Tests
Boeing has started preparations for the flight demonstration of its CST-100 Starliner crew capsule in April and for a pad abort test in the following month as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday.
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Report: Boeing to Conduct First CST-100 Test Flight in March
Boeing aims to launch its CST-100 Starliner spaceraft in March for an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station, Space.com reported Friday.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Crew Module Engines for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft
Aerojet Rocketdyne has produced and delivered engines that Boeing will integrate into spacecraft the latter company is building under NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. Boeing will install MR-104J engines on the CST-100 Starliner crew module inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday. Each Starliner capsule is designed for reuse up […] More
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NASA to Discuss Crewed Flight Contingency Option With Boeing, SpaceX
Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of human exploration and operations at NASA, has said the agency is considering crew rotation missions as one option to address a schedule gap that may arise if Commercial Crew Program contractors experience spacecraft certification delays, SpaceNews reported Friday. He told SpaceNews in an interview that NASA will discuss with Boeing and […] More
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Boeing Tests CST-100 Starliner Parachute System at Spaceport America Facility
Boeing has launched a parachute system of its crew capsule at Spaceport America‘s purpose-built commercial spaceport in New Mexico to verify the inflation characteristics and landing system performance of the platform during touchdown. Spaceport America said Friday the CST-100 Starliner Parachute System Test Launch utilized a giant helium-filled balloon that carried a flight-sized boilerplate spacecraft 40,000 feet above the San Andres Mountains and […] More
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Propellant Valves for Boeing CST-100 Service Module
Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted a series of hot-fire tests on two launch abort engines that include new propellant valves for the propulsion system of Boeing‘s Crew Space Transportation-100 Starliner service module. The tests were conducted in Mojave Desert, California to validate the fuel valve and oxidizer valve’s capacity to regulate propellant flow and peak LAE thrust in case of […] More
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Boeing Adds 6 Months to NASA Commercial Crew Test, Development Phase; John Mulholland Comments
Boeing has revised the schedule for its Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract with NASAÂ and delayed the program for another six months as the company works to address production issues on the CST-100 spacecraft, Aviation Week reported Monday. Guy Norris writes the company expects to send the first batch of NASA astronauts to the International Space […] More
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts CST-100 Reaction Control System Engines Through Hot-Fire Test
Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted a series of hot-fire tests on three reaction control system engines for the propulsion system of Boeing‘s Crew Space Transportation-100 service module. The CST-100 Starliner engines were tested up to 4,000 pulses and 1,600 seconds at NASA‘s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday. Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne president and CEO, said the tests […] More