Boeing Starliner (CST-100) CFT mission : undocking & return UPDATES : 6 Sep 2024

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Press conference has started

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Interesting, Steve Stich talks about work already underway by Boeing towards qualification and Starliner 1. No mention in his opening remarks of the need, or not, for another test flight.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Asked the explicit question about whether the next flight is Starliner 1, Steve says it’s a bit too early to know what the next flight is.

[catdlr]

CFT Starliner post-landing status - highlights (no press questions).

[Remes]

- one of the 12 RCS on starliner (not sm) didn't fire at all
- sounds to me like the navigation system is tripple redundant, string 3 (SIGI 3) failed of after the plasma was left, string 2 had also "hickups"

in the overall context not really something someone wants to hear.

Here are infos on "SIGI"
https://aerospace.honeywell.com/us/en/about-us/blogs/honeywell-sigi-helps-boeing-starliner-dock-space-station

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/1832303386466627953

Bottom line: Boeing "deferred" to NASA and decided not to participate.
NASA upbeat about Starliner but there's no timeline on next steps. "We'll take our time" Stich says.
Test flight achieved 85-90% of objectives. 1/

[catdlr]

Part 2 of Marcia's comment

https://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1832305048803569694

2/  No decision yet on whether next flight will be crewed but goal is to get to rotation flights.
Crew Module thruster (1 of 12) that failed didn't work at all and Stich seemed quite surprised at its behavior -- it looked different, there was "no response at all"   end

[FutureSpaceTourist]

A selection of photos from NASA flickr

[SnowyOwl]

Can someone please ident the two individuals in-shot. One is FLIGHT, but who's the other one?  Names?

They are both FLIGHTs . Rick Henfling (Redstone) and Mike Lammers (Saturn)

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/sen/status/1832423224639918526

We filmed the @Boeing Starliner undocking before its final journey to Earth from our 4K camera payload on the International Space Station. This video was captured during a private test of our livestream - we look forward to sharing future missions with the public once we start operations! Livestream launching September 2024 🚀

[ddspaceman]

Megan Donaldson
@megankdonaldson
Congratulations @BoeingSpace & @Commercial_Crew Landing & Recovery Teams, it was amazing to witness.

Forever thankful for @AstroIronMike & @Astro_Maker1 for your mentorship & friendship.

My heart will remain on the ISS until Butch & @Astro_Suni are home safe.💙
#starliner

https://twitter.com/megankdonaldson/status/1832497248636469301

[SWGlassPit]

Per PAO, go for re-entry has been given

Can someone please ident the two individuals in-shot. One is FLIGHT, but who's the other one?  Names?

I saw nobody answered this, so here it is albeit late:

Rick Henfling on the left (Entry flight), Mike Lammers on the right (Weather flight)

[StraumliBlight]

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1836077110160404902

During the ongoing NASA Advisory Council Human Exploration and Operations (NAC-HEO) meeting, Dana Hutcherson, the deputy program manager for @Commercial_Crew, describes some of the challenges Starliner faced during the Crew Flight Test mission.

She says they’re not only looking at the path forward for Starliner, but also looking back to see if/how they could’ve caught some of the anomalies during the development and qualification processes.

Hutcherson says Boeing met several of the mission objectives and they are continuing to work towards certification. No news on what the next flight of Starliner will look like yet as NASA and Boeing continue to work towards Starliner certification.