The capsule failed to activate after a clock problem prevented it from reaching an orbit high enough. FMTNews BoeingSpacecraft
Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight to the International Space Station.
The Starliner capsule was launched Friday from Cape Canaveral in Florida, but shortly after separating from its Atlas V launch rocket, its thrusters failed to activate as planned, preventing it from reaching an orbit high enough to meet up with the ISS.The flight – carrying only a dummy – was meant to be a final dress rehearsal before a crewed flight.
Starliner’s failure was the latest serious setback for Boeing, which is still reeling from two fatal crashes of its 737 Max airliner. The crashes, in October 2018 in Indonesia and in March 2019 in Ethiopia, claimed a total 346 lives.NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine insisted that the space mission was not a complete failure.
In a test in November only two of the three parachutes opened, although they proved sufficient for the landing.NASA will have to decide whether to carry out another test flight or to trust that the vehicle is safe to carry astronauts.
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