Boeing abandons plans for crewed Starliner flight in 2023
, NASA and Boeing said tape removal is ongoing, and the redesigned parachute system wouldn't be ready until December.at the press conference.
According to Boeing Starliner program manager Mark Nappi, only half of the flammable tape has been removed, and in some areas where it can't be pulled off it'll have to be covered in a protective coating. As for parachutes, the problem identified previously pertains to linkage points where the chutes connect to Starliner. Those points are being redesigned after tests resulted in broken link points, but the new link connectors still need to be incorporated into an upgraded parachute design.
Nappi told reporters that Boeing has"a pretty good schedule laid out" to get a crewed Starliner mission to the ISS this coming March. Of course,"there's always the mystery of something else that can pop up," Nappi said, ensuring Boeing has an excuse if March 2024 comes and goes without NASA astronauts Sunita"Suni" Williams and Barry"Butch" Wilmore making it to the ISS aboard Starliner as currently planned.
Starliner's first unmanned flight to the ISS saw a timing issue drain it of all its fuel before it could dock, resulting in the craft making an early return to Earth. A second uncrewed flight to the ISS was successfully completed in May 2022, but not without delays to fix sticky valves that
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