{"id":104910,"date":"2020-04-07T04:05:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T11:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=104910"},"modified":"2020-04-07T04:05:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T11:05:43","slug":"boeing-starliner-wings-clipped-will-launch-again-without-a-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/boeing-starliner-wings-clipped-will-launch-again-without-a-crew","title":{"rendered":"Boeing Starliner Wings Clipped. Will Launch Again Without a Crew."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Boeing flubbed the first mission of the CST-100. Seemingly a routine mission for SpaceX after completing over 20 deliveries to <a href=\"https:\/\/westeastspace.com\/encyclopedia\/iss\/\">the International Space Station<\/a>, Boeing showed how not to do it. During the December 2019 Demo flight for the Boeing Starliner CST-100, the Starliner did not reach its planned orbit. Nor did the Starliner dock to <a href=\"https:\/\/westeastspace.com\/encyclopedia\/iss\/\">the International Space Station<\/a> as planned. Boeing was able to complete a number of mission objectives during the flight to comply with the milestones related to NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><figcaption><br>CST-100 Starliner OFT Recovery \u2013 December 22, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the ULA Atlas V rocket at 6:36 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20, the Boeing Starliner launched from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Boeing has a long rich history in both aviation and spaceflight. This mission, already three years behind in schedule, should have been a slam dunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After launching to the incorrect orbit, Boeing was able to successfully recover the Starliner. NASA shared that Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft did successfully complete the first land touchdown of a human-rated capsule at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 7:58 a.m. EST (5:58 a.m. MST) on December 22, 2019. The landing followed a deorbit burn for the botched flight, separation of the spacecraft\u2019s service module, and successful deployment of its three main parachutes and six airbags. Boeing\u2019s approach to the Starliner is unique as the prior US-made capsules, including the SpaceX Dragon, are water recoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starliner settling softly to the ground on Airbags wasn\u2019t enough.<\/h2><div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/boeing-starliner-wings-clipped-will-launch-again-without-a-crew\">Continue reading \u201cBoeing Starliner Wings Clipped. Will Launch Again Without a Crew.\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing flubbed the first mission of the CST-100. Seemingly a routine mission for SpaceX after completing over 20 deliveries to the International Space Station, Boeing showed how not to do it. During the December 2019 Demo flight for the Boeing Starliner CST-100, the Starliner did not reach its planned orbit. A redo is now planned befor NASA will send people into orbit aboard Starliner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":571,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1522,8,1514],"tags":[3760,3758,3759],"class_list":["post-104910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-complex-systems","category-innovation","category-space","category-space-travel","tag-failed-spacecraft-mission","tag-starliner-redo","tag-test-flight-of-boeing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104912,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104910\/revisions\/104912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}