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Boeing opts to haul Starliner back to hangar, delays flight indefinitely

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen perched atop ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket during rollout to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Aug. 2 for a launch attempt the next day. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Around-the-clock work to fix valve problems that derailed an Aug. 3 attempt to launch Boeing’s …

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Boeing’s Starliner capsule returns to hanger for valve troubleshooting

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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing’s Starliner capsule depart pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday morning. Credit: Boeing Ground teams at Cape Canaveral wheeled Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule and a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket back inside their assembly hangar Thursday for further troubleshooting of misbehaving valves inside …

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Launch of Boeing crew capsule scrubbed due to propulsion system issue

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft sits atop an Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography Officials scrubbed the planned launch of a Boeing-built crew capsule Tuesday to examine a potential technical issue in the spacecraft’s propulsion system, delaying the start of a critical unpiloted test flight to prove the …

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Boeing crew capsule set for launch Tuesday on test flight to space station

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A Boeing Starliner crew capsule stands on top of an Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: United Launch Alliance An Atlas 5 rocket was hauled back to its seaside firing stand Monday for launch Tuesday on a flight to boost Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule into orbit for a second unpiloted test …

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In battle with Russian lab module, space station ‘brought a knife to a gun fight’

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Russia’s Nauka module, at left, docked with the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Playing it safe, the seven-member crew of the International Space Station moved into the U.S. segment of the outpost Friday, closed hatches and window shutters and stood by while Russian flight controllers vented helium pressurization lines in the newly arrived Nauka lab …

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High drama as Russian lab module tilts space station with errant thruster firings

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough tweeted this view of the newly-arrived Nauka module at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Shane Kimbrough A heavyweight Russian laboratory module that experienced a variety of problems after launch last week docked at the International Space Station Thursday, but in a moment of unexpected …

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“All eyes on weather” for Friday test launch of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is stacked on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Boeing/Damon Tucci The threat of lightning could thwart plans to launch an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Friday with a Boeing commercial crew capsule on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, according …

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NASA clears Boeing Starliner for launch on second unpiloted test flight

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 17, 2021. Starliner will launch on the Atlas V for Boeing’s second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) …

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Boeing crew capsule mounted on Atlas 5 rocket for unpiloted test flight

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft emerges from the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing facility early Saturday. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now Boeing’s second Starliner crew ferry spacecraft rolled out of its factory early Saturday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for mounting on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket set for liftoff July 30 …

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Starliner capsule fueled for unpiloted test flight to International Space Station

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is prepared for launch on the Orbital Flight Test-2, or OFT-2, mission. Credit: Boeing Boeing finished loading hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide maneuvering propellants over the weekend into the company’s second space-rated Starliner capsule at the Kennedy Space Center, days after stacking of its Atlas 5 launcher began a few miles away at …

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