Enlarge / Starliner touches down in December 2019 for the primary time. (credit score: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA and Boeing introduced Wednesday that the primary crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft will now happen no sooner than July 21. This strikes the automobile’s flight, carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, from the beforehand introduced timeframe of April.
The supervisor of NASA’s Business Crew program, Steve Stich, mentioned the delay was attributable to the additional time wanted to shut out the pre-flight evaluation means of Starliner and likewise attributable to visitors from different automobiles visiting the house station in June and the primary half of July.
“After we have a look at all of the completely different items, many of the work will probably be full in April for the flight,” Stich mentioned throughout a teleconference with reporters. “However there’s one space that is extending out into the Could time-frame, and this actually has to do with the certification merchandise for the parachute system.”
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