Boeing’s Starliner just failed in its mission to reach the International Space Station because it didn’t achieve the proper orbit. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the spacecraft “burned more fuel than anticipated to maintain precise control.”
on Friday that NASA plans to land Starliner "in the coming days" in New Mexico at the White Sands military facility.What went wrong with Starliner
Nicole Mann, NASA astronaut, Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator, Tory Bruno, President and CEO, United Launch Alliance,Jim Chilton, Boeing senior vice president, Space and Launch Division, speak to the media after the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, topped by a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, had an incident after lifting off from Space Launch Complex pad 41 on December 20, 2019 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
"What we were trying to do is make sure we could do this entire mission end-to-end completely automated and that didn't work," Bridenstine said. This represents a blow for NASA as well, likely further delaying the agency's return to being able to fly its astronauts to the space station. Delays have plagued the commercial crew program, as NASA intended the first launches to happen as early as 2017.
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