Boeing Starliner: Difference between revisions

The Crewed Flight Test was tentatively scheduled for a launch date of May 6, 2024,<ref name="space.com-20240404">{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2024 |title=Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed again, to May 6 |url=https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-cft-astronaut-launch-delay-may-6 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Space.com |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413130150/https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-cft-astronaut-launch-delay-may-6 |url-status=live }}</ref> but due to a problem with an oxygen valve on the ULA Atlas rocket, the May 6 launch date was cancelled approximately two hours before the planned launch time.<ref name="may_6_scrub">{{cite web |author = William Harwood |date = May 6, 2024 |title = Starliner launch scrubbed by trouble with a valve in the Atlas 5's Centaur upper stage |url = https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/05/07/starliner-launch-scrubbed-by-trouble-with-a-valve-in-the-atlas-5s-centaur-upper-stage/ |work = Spaceflight Now |access-date = May 6, 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240507022259/https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/05/07/starliner-launch-scrubbed-by-trouble-with-a-valve-in-the-atlas-5s-centaur-upper-stage/ |archive-date = May 7, 2024 |url-status = live}}</ref> The launch has been further delayed due to a helium leak in the Starliner service module, which was originally discovered during the May 6 launch attempt.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Harwood |first=William |title=Boeing Starliner launch Saturday ruled out as helium leak analysis continues – Spaceflight Now |date=May 22, 2024 |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/05/22/boeing-starliner-launch-saturday-ruled-out-as-helium-leak-analysis-continues/ |access-date=May 22, 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522084103/https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/05/22/boeing-starliner-launch-saturday-ruled-out-as-helium-leak-analysis-continues/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/17/world/boeing-starliner-helium-leak-delay-update-scn/index.html Highly anticipated Boeing Starliner launch gets a new target date] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519131155/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/17/world/boeing-starliner-helium-leak-delay-update-scn/index.html |date=May 19, 2024 }}, CNN.</ref>

 

 

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