Boeing says it’ll redo uncrewed flight test of Starliner space taxi to space station

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Boeing says it’ll redo uncrewed flight test of Starliner space taxi to space stationBoeing says it will redo the uncrewed test flight of its Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station, after months of reviewing what went wrong during a flight that fell short of the mark. NASA said it supported Boeing's decision. Last December's Starliner tryout, known as the Orbital Flight Test, failed to rendezvous with the space station when the craft's onboard flight software misread a timing cue and couldn't execute a crucial thruster burn properly. The mission was cut short, and the spacecraft landed autonomously two days after launch. Additional software lapses came to light during and after the… Read More


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