Boeing Starliner Test Fligh Launch Yes Now!

[sdifox]

Or they were doing space stuff. The author ran with no facts.

The space stuff tend to be planned precisely long before departure.

 

[skyking]

They have added a space walk, which if I had rode up there I would sure want to do. Full meal deal please.

 

[sdifox]

They have added a space walk, which if I had rode up there I would sure want to do. Full meal deal please.

I am sure it's in the list of alternate missions in the mission plan.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

They have added a space walk, which if I had rode up there I would sure want to do. Full meal deal please.

... is the space walk for the leaks?

 

[ArizonaSteve]

... or to retrieve the door that blew off?

 

[sdifox]

No return date yet... Originally scheduled to return on June 14...

NASA: No return date yet for Boeing astronauts stranded on ISS

Two test pilots have been stuck on the International Space Station for more than a month longer than planned as tests are carried out on their craft.

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[Paratus]

No return date yet... Originally scheduled to return on June 14...

NASA: No return date yet for Boeing astronauts stranded on ISS

Two test pilots have been stuck on the International Space Station for more than a month longer than planned as tests are carried out on their craft.

www.euronews.com

We. Are. Working. On. It.

 

[sdifox]

We. Are. Working. On. It.

Surely they have exhausted all the alternate missions by now.

 

[Paratus]

Surely they have exhausted all the alternate missions by now.

As the article stated there’s ground testing of the propulsion system going on with tear down of the thruster coming up. There’s also some hot fire testing coming up with the vehicle.

We’ll bring them home when the testing is complete and we understand the relative risks of all the options available.

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

blogs.nasa.gov

 

[manly]

Most likely it'll be SpaceX to the rescue.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/science/boeing-starliner-nasa-astronauts-return/index.html

 

[Coalfax]

... maybe SpaceX to the rescue.,.. in Feb 2025..? Cant they just admit that Boeings capsule is trash at this point, eject it and get online to get the space faring folk back? They have had ample time to try and figure out what they broke and its time to just fess up and move on.

 

[sdifox]

The two astronaut stuck on ISS for nine months will be coming home soon.

SpaceX Dragon Docks to Station With Four Crew-10 Members - NASA

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbiting complex at 12:04 a.m. EDT, while...

www.nasa.gov

 

[Paratus]

They have not been stuck on the ISS.

They have had a ride home at all times. We moved them to be part of the ISS increment crew and Crew-9 went up with two open seats for them to come home on.

Anyway here’s the docking of crew 10:

https://imgur.com/tW7hp0M