Boeing's Starliner capsule's first crewed mission to the International Space Station has been delayed due to a valve problem, following a scheduled launch attempt that was called off two hours before liftoff.
Boeing's Starliner delay is crucial for its certification as an operational crew system by NASA and to compete with SpaceX in space travel. The setback adds to the years of delays and costs for Boeing, impacting its ability to rival SpaceX for NASA contracts.
Boeing's Starliner has faced technical setbacks over the years, requiring rework and additional uncrewed test flights. The delay in its first crewed flight adds to the challenges Boeing has encountered in its efforts to provide crew transport to the ISS.
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The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research.
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Boeing Starliner is a class of reusable crew capsules expected to transport crew to the International Space Station and to private space stations such as the proposed Bigelow Aerospace Commercial Space Station.
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., trading as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
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Sunita Lyn Williams is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer who formerly held the records for most spacewalks by a woman and most spacewalk time for a woman.
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The International Space Station is a modular space station in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project between five participating space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA.
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Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore is a NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot. He has had two spaceflights, the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station.
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Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an engineer, industrial designer, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-foun
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The SpaceX Starship is a fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX since 2012, as a self-funded private spaceflight project.
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Clarence William Nelson II is an American attorney, politician, and former astronaut who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019.