After a successful unmanned test flight to the International Space Station in May, the “Starliner” spacecraft, developed by Boeing on behalf of the NASA space agency, will not fly to the ISS for the first time until February 2023 with astronauts on board. earliest.
An early February date is currently being pursued, NASA executive Steve Stich said at a news conference on Thursday. However, that could still change. “We’ll fly when we’re ready.”
Successful test flight completed in May
In May, the “Starliner” completed its first successful flight to humanity’s outpost in space and spent four days there — a key test for the crisis-ravaged spacecraft. In the future, it will transport astronauts to the ISS as an alternative to SpaceX’s “Crew Dragon” space capsule.
The Starliner is a semi-reusable spacecraft consisting of a crew capsule and a rocket-launched service module. However, the project is way behind schedule due to a number of issues.
Source: Krone
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