/r/Starliner
Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft is being developed in collaboration with NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
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Boeing Starliner launch slips to May 21 to verify helium leak fix
Article from SpaceFlight Now
The unrelated helium leak in the Starliner’s propellant pressurization system was noted during the countdown last week, but it remained within safe limits for flight. After the Atlas 5 and Starliner were rolled back to the VIF for the oxygen valve replacement, managers decided to take a closer look at the helium issue.
This looks like a "since we're in the garage, lets take a look at it" kinda thing.
20:26 UTC
Refurb time on CST-100
I see that Boeing are planning on servicing the Commercial Crew contract with two craft (Calypso and one not yet named). They're scheduled to launch once per year which gives them about 18 months from landing to relaunch. Is this going to be enough?
Obviously Boeing thought it would be enough, but given the problems that have beset this program, how much confidence do we have?
03:07 UTC
Post launch conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8DZnyUQUc
Some key points:
- Next vehicle to go to the ISS happens in August - plenty of runway for launch attempts
- The Centaur O2 tank valve started fluttering. ULA has seen this before. They were able to stabilize the value that day, but only after the launch was scrubbed.
- ULA will do calculations to see if it's safe to re-launch the rocket as is, or if the valve needs to be replaced in which case it'd take several days to swap out the valve [note: it appears that they decided to swap out the valve, since the next launch attempt is on the 10th].
- The decision around whether to replace the value centers around its 200,000 cycle lifetime
11:26 UTC
This is about Starliner by Will Robison of Spaceflightnow.
22:05 UTC
Watch the Starliner launch: NET 22:34 EDT / 02:34 UTC
19:36 UTC
A summary of the beginning of the Starliner program
02:14 UTC
This was an interesting interview. They are like jubilant kids on the playground. They get to break in a new crew vehicle. The bathroom breaks will be interesting aboard Starliner.
Butch's and Suni's most recent interview on Monday, May 1, 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/live/RkbrlS5ktjc?si=guZKEOVLRPqR5OGG
16:13 UTC
Does the Starliner approach and dock with ISS Autonomously like the SpaceX Dragon?
14:42 UTC
Starliner blueprint by me
12:50 UTC
Chances of a 1034 PM launch? Relative probability of waiting for hours and hours past that point?
A night launch sounds incredible, but waiting until 1034 PM is a bit late and if it gets delayed by 3 or 4 hours, well a 3am launch sounds less incredible....
20:59 UTC
Best place to view CST-100 Starliner up close? How much are tickets? Tiered? (Base vs. Premium Packages??) When will they be available? Will they sell out quickly?
I don't see anything but broken links to launch tickets on the KSC website.
20:56 UTC
What are the chances we get a 6 May launch? CST-100 Starliner
20:54 UTC
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Mission Overview News Conference (March 22, 2024)
14:59 UTC
Starliner CFT delayed to early May
13:17 UTC
ULA on X: "Today we begin stacking the 100th #AtlasV, but this flight will be unlike any of the previous. This rocket will launch @NASA @Commercial_Crew astronauts Butch Wilmore & Suni Williams on the Crew Flight Test (#CFT) for @BoeingSpace’s #Starliner to the @Space_Station!"
16:53 UTC
Boeing on X: "Our team recently joined @Commercial_Crew to evaluate #Starliner's upgraded parachute design. Data analysis shows the two-parachute test over @ypg_az was a success and all test objectives were met, clearing the way for the Crew Flight Test."
21:55 UTC
NASA Commercial Crew on X: "STARLINER UPDATE: Teams from NASA and Boeing completed a two-parachute drop test for the modified parachute system of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona."
22:58 UTC
Starliner Post Mortem - I'm not dead yet
19:45 UTC
Boeing's 1st Starliner flight with astronauts delayed to April 2024
https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-spacecraft-delay-april-2024
The first crewed test flight of Starliner has been pushed back an additional month, to no earlier than mid-April 2024, NASA officials said in a release on Thursday (Oct. 12). No reason was given for the change. The target date for the first operational flight of the Boeing spaceship has also been delayed, to early 2025 from summer 2024, agency officials added.
22:21 UTC
Starliner Navy Blueprint
12:55 UTC