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#20 by Robotbeat on 29 May, 2019 14:13
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Depends on what the criteria were for success.Port engine off-nominal shutdown?
"#Starliner’s integrated propulsion system hot fire test was a success." (Boeing)
So no.
- Ed Kyle
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#21 by FutureSpaceTourist on 30 May, 2019 16:29
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twitter.com/joroulette/status/1134133057546588161Quote
Some key points in GAO's assessment of NASA projects focuses on commercial crew and, other than Boeing and SpaceX's parachute designs remaining a rollercoaster, highlighted some launch vehicle hiccups. Full report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/699373.pdf
https://twitter.com/joroulette/status/1134133882343829504QuoteBoeing's "launch vehicle [Atlas V] engine position during ascent deviated from commands for a 2018 launch, but the launch vehicle provider stated that it achieved all mission objectives." ULA has an ongoing investigation into this and corrective actions will be made before OFT.
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#22 by FutureSpaceTourist on 31 May, 2019 13:50
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https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1134456183073456128Quote
NASA’s Bill Gerstenmaier says the crew and service modules of the CST-100 Starliner that will fly an uncrewed flight test will be mated together in the next month. Flight in the “August-September timeframe”.
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#23 by Chris Bergin on 31 May, 2019 18:23
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ARTICLE: NASA notes Starliner’s excellent progress toward Orbital Flight Test launch -
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/nasa-starliners-excellent-progress-oft-launch/
- By Chris Gebhardt
(Includes renders by Nathan Koga for NSF)
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#24 by Chris Bergin on 20 Jun, 2019 15:52
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Here comes Starliner!
FEATURE ARTICLE: Station mission planning reveals new target Commercial Crew launch dates -
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/06/station-planning-new-crew-launch-dates/
- By Chris Gebhardt
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1141733691565191168
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#25 by FutureSpaceTourist on 22 Jun, 2019 16:29
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https://twitter.com/astro_ferg/status/1142445734228369408Quote
Instant convertible...Minutes after launch, when above the atmosphere, the #Starliner Ascent Cover is jettisoned to reduce weight and uncover the docking system. This is how the @BoeingSpace test team makes sure it works....
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#26 by FutureSpaceTourist on 25 Jun, 2019 19:36
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https://twitter.com/boeingspace/status/1143602350126522368Quote
Starliner's landing system passed its final qualification test ahead of flying @NASA_Astronauts. This time we intentionally introduced two parachute failures, and #Starliner performed as expected. With crew safety as our top priority, keep watching the skies this week.
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#27 by FutureSpaceTourist on 13 Jul, 2019 17:29
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https://twitter.com/news6wkmg/status/1150093295776915456Quote
The first test flight of Boeing's astronaut capsule CST-100 Starliner from Cape Canaveral will happen in September, Boeing test pilot and former shuttle astronaut Chris Ferguson told News 6.
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#28 by FutureSpaceTourist on 30 Jul, 2019 19:47
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Published on 30 Jul 2019
Suit up for Starliner crew training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston with Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson and Human Factors Systems Engineer Celena Dopart, whose job it is to “pretend to be an astronaut.” Find out how cameras and a Samsung tablet will help train astronauts for docking to the International Space Station. Captured with the Galaxy Note 9. -
#29 by FutureSpaceTourist on 30 Jul, 2019 22:01
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Hmm, September not sounding very firm:
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1156322639461453824QuoteBoeing’s Mark Mulqueen, in closing comments for today’s #ISSRDC sessions, isn’t very specific about when Starliner will fly: sometime “over the next several months.”
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#30 by Olaf on 31 Jul, 2019 18:48
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#31 by ChefwithaCamera on 08 Aug, 2019 21:19
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https://twitter.com/AntoniaJ_11/status/1156609202607013889
You might be wondering how they are going to achieve such an ambitious time goal when it seemed to take a while to get things together for the first one?
Well, at the AEHF-5 Social we got a peek inside the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center (ASOC) where they keep the boosters before sending them out to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF). It turns out ULA already has the fully assembled Atlas V core and Dual Centaur upper stage for the Crewed Flight Test. They are currently sitting inside the ASOC awaiting a hopeful launch before the end of 2019.
https://twitter.com/realChefJared/status/1159574601824972806
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#32 by zubenelgenubi on 10 Aug, 2019 17:16
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^^^
One correction to the Tweet in the previous reply...
"boat-tail" not "bow-tail"
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#33 by collectSPACE on 19 Aug, 2019 14:24
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First look at the Starliner Orbital Flight Test, Pad Abort Test and Crew Flight Test insignia:
Boeing astronaut reveals mission patches for Starliner flight tests
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081919a-boeing-starliner-crew-mission-patch.html
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#34 by bombyx on 19 Aug, 2019 15:41
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#35 by bombyx on 19 Aug, 2019 15:45
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#36 by gongora on 19 Aug, 2019 16:50
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Talk at AIAA today (also has SpaceX and SNC): https://livestream.com/AIAAvideo/PropEnergy2019/videos/195239866
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#37 by ddspaceman on 22 Aug, 2019 01:11
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#38 by FutureSpaceTourist on 23 Aug, 2019 17:41
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https://twitter.com/boeingspace/status/1164932906403487746Quote
#Starliner’s Service Module is weighing in to determine its center of gravity measurements before flight. That's to ensure it's up to its two essential tasks - executing in-space maneuvers to @Space_Station or providing a safe escape if there’s an emergency on launch day.
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#39 by otlski on 26 Aug, 2019 01:03
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https://twitter.com/boeingspace/status/1164932906403487746
Quote#Starliner’s Service Module is weighing in to determine its center of gravity measurements before flight. That's to ensure it's up to its two essential tasks - executing in-space maneuvers to @Space_Station or providing a safe escape if there’s an emergency on launch day.
Thanks for posting that. I have been trying to get Boeing to release images or videos to me for weeks now. My company built the weight and CG system. It is my concept, and a brilliant young engineer and the whole rest of the hard working team made it work. So happy to see an SM being measured.
