NASA and Boeing push back first Starliner space explorer mission to 2023

NASA and Boeing are presently focusing on mid 2023 for the main ran trip of Boeing's for quite some time postponed Starliner shuttle, authorities said during a joint public interview Thursday.

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Send off authorities say the mission could take off as soon as February, as per Steve Stich, the administrator for NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

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Starliner had been scheduled to get space travelers going toward the finish of 2022.

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Starliner had been slated to get astronauts Yet, proceeded with figure out on a few significant problems that were distinguished on an uncrewed experimental drill of Starliner in May pushed the timetable back.the ground by the end of 2022.

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Starliner is now years delayed.

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It's expected to fill a similar need as SpaceX's Crew Dragon container, which has been shipping space travelers to and from the International Space Station since May 2020.

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Then, an issue with tacky valves further deferred the container's re-visitation of flight.

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NASA space explorers Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been doled out to be the primary space explorers to fly on board Starliner one year from now.

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