As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...
Agency describes the flight as a ‘crew-capable post-certification mission’ but acknowledges the possibility of flying without ...
Starliner returned autonomously in early September. Since then, NASA and Boeing have been reviewing data from the test flight ...
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is ... each of which houses 12 thrusters — five of the relatively powerful "orbital maneuvering and control" (OMAC) class and seven "reaction control system ...
During the ascent, smaller attitude control thrusters will also be used ... flight trajectory makes it necessary for Starliner’s Orbital Maneuvering and Attitude Control system to conduct ...
Five thrusters in the service module shut off during the approach towards the station, prompting the astronauts to manually take control as they held Starliner at a safe distance from the ISS.
NASA and Boeing continue work on Starliner’s crew certification ... including modifying thruster pulse sequences to control heat accumulation and integrating thermal barriers within the ...
Starting at 5:11 p.m., the flight plan called for an automated seven-and-a-half-minute de-orbit thruster ... and to bring the Starliner down, without its crew, by remote control.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been ... structures that each house seven RCS and five more powerful orbital maneuvering and control (OMAC) thrusters. Engineers believe the doghouses ...