Wednesday 22 January 2020

Starliner’s thruster performance receiving close scrutiny from NASA

Starliner’s thruster performance receiving close scrutiny from NASA

Nearly one month ago, Boeing completed the first orbital test flight of its Starliner spacecraft with a near-perfect landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. The mission had to be cut short due to a well-publicized timing error that delayed the spacecraft's service module from performing an orbital insertion burn. This caused the thrusters on board the service module, which provides power to Starliner during most of its mission, to fire longer than expected.

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