Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️"NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner’s botched astronaut flight" by @AssociatedPress - #NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman re-cast the #Boeing #Starliner crew test flight as a mishap due to the danger it posed to the crew. Both test pilots survived but retired from NASA soon after return from their extended 9-month stay on ISS. NASA isn't giving up & wants Boeing to fix Starliner for future crew launch. https://apnews.com/article/boeing-starliner-nasa-space-station-d9cc3e080dc71df39992f186ce1fbefe #CommercialCrew #space #StarlinerCFT
NASA boss blasts Boeing for Starliner's botched astronaut flight
NASA's new boss is blasting Boeing and the space agency for Starliner's botched flight that left two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station. Administrator Jared Isaacman said Thursday that poor leadership and decision-making at Boeing led to Starliner's troubles. He also blamed NASA managers for failing to intervene and get Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back more quickly. The two test pilots spent more than nine months at the station before catching a lift back with SpaceX last March. Isaacman says Starliner's problems must be better understood and fixed before any more astronauts strap in.
"Stuck astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA less than 5 months after extended spaceflight" by @AssociatedPress / Marcia Dunn - Many wondered what was next after Butch & Suni returned from 9 months on the Int'l Space Station, instead of 8 days for a planned short Boeing Starliner space flight test. It's a personal decision. Now we know one has decided that was enough space flight for a career. Thank you for your service, sir! https://apnews.com/article/stuck-astronaut-nasa-butch-wilmore-67a704349a509608d1acbd913843257d #CommercialCrew #NASA #space #StarlinerCFT
"Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - Eric Berger interviewed Butch Wilmore about what it was like piloting #Boeing #Starliner, including during thruster malfunctions at station docking when it wouldn't go where he wanted it. He didn't know if a safe abort and de-orbit was possible either. They safely docked. The problem was due overheating tightly-packed thruster pods. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/the-harrowing-story-of-what-flying-starliner-was-like-when-its-thrusters-failed/ #NASA #space #StarlinerCFT
"#Boeing Takes Another $250 Million Charge for #Starliner" by @SpacePolicyOnline - Big number but small portion of losses in Boeing quarterly financial results. New CEO Ortberg sets expectations of more spending to improve course. https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/boeing-takes-another-250-million-charge-for-starliner/ #CommercialCrew #StarlinerCFT
Boeing Takes Another $250 Million Charge for Starliner
Posted: October 23, 2024 3:36 pm ET | Last Updated: October 23, 2024 3:41 pm ET | Boeing took another $250 million charge against earnings today for the Starliner program for the third quarter 2024. That brings the total the company has spent so far of its own money to $1.85 billion under the fixed price contract it has with NASA to build a commercial crew transportation system.
"#NASA Nearly Bet It All on Boeing’s Troubled #Starliner—Here’s Why That Changed" by @Gizmodo / @RabiePassant - #CommercialCrew contract was almost awarded solely to #Boeing, if not for #SpaceX's willingness to test crew escape system in flight https://gizmodo.com/nasa-nearly-bet-it-all-on-boeings-troubled-starliner-heres-why-that-changed-2000504311 #StarlinerCFT
"Navy captains don’t like abandoning ship—but with #Starliner, the ship left them" by @arstechnica / @StephenClark1 - Wilmore & Williams became #NASA astronauts as US Navy test pilots. They test-flew #Starliner, sent it down empty as ordered. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/navy-captains-dont-like-abandoning-ship-but-with-starliner-the-ship-left-them/ #StarlinerCFT
"Stuck-in-space astronauts reflect on being left behind and adjusting to life in orbit" by AP / Marcia Dunn - #NASA test pilot astronauts Wilmore & Williams adjusted to longer stay in space, unsettled at #Boeing #Starliner leaving without them https://apnews.com/article/stuck-astronauts-boeing-starliner-nasa-1933b64f91ba06713e57446e2dbee1c4 #StarlinerCFT
Boeing Starliner astronauts speak out after capsule leaves without them
The astronauts stuck in space say it was hard to see their Boeing capsule leave without them. Their public comments Friday from the International Space Station come after last week’s return of the Boeing Starliner capsule that took them to the orbiting lab in June. The duo remained behind after NASA determined the problem-plagued capsule posed too much risk for them to ride back in. Starliner landed safely in the New Mexico desert. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are now full-fledged station crew members, helping with routine maintenance and experiments.
"The future of Boeing’s crewed spaceflight program is muddy after #Starliner’s return" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - #Boeing no-showed post-landing news conference. Now questions swirl if they'll continue in #NASA Commercial Crew program. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/the-future-of-boeings-crewed-spaceflight-program-is-muddy-after-starliners-return/ #StarlinerCFT
"Leaving behind its crew, #Starliner departs space station and returns to Earth" by @arstechnica / @StephenClark1 - After thruster issue is fixed, #NASA has not ruled out proceeding to #Starliner1 crew mission https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/leaving-behind-its-crew-starliner-departs-space-station-and-returns-to-earth/ #Boeing #StarlinerCFT
"Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft wraps up its crewless journey home from space station" by @GeekWire / @alanboyle - Info from post-landing press conference: 1 thruster did fail on re-entry, well within margin of designed redundancy, more work to do https://www.geekwire.com/2024/boeing-starliner-crewless-journey-home-space-station/ #StarlinerCFT
