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  Boeing delays launch of Starliner with NASA astronauts Boeing was set
  to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers
  found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The
  Starliner program has been plagued by delays.

[63]Space

Boeing finds new problems with Starliner space capsule and delays first
crewed launch

  June 1, 20239:26 PM ET
  [64]Russell Lewis

  [65]Russell Lewis
  [66]Enlarge this image

  In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's
  CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on
  May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test
  which later docked with the International Space Station. NASA via Getty
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  NASA via Getty Images

  In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's
  CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on
  May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test
  which later docked with the International Space Station.
  NASA via Getty Images

  Boeing has indefinitely delayed next month's launch of its
  [67]Starliner capsule — which would have carried the first humans —
  after engineers found several worrying problems.

  These included the use of "hundreds of feet" of adhesive tape that's
  flammable and defects with the spacecraft's parachute system.
  [68]Boeing made the announcement late Thursday at a [69]hastily-called
  news conference with NASA officials.

  It's the latest setback for Boeing which has been plagued by years of
  development delays and has yet to fly its first crewed Starliner
  mission.

  After the space shuttle was retired in 2011, NASA needed a way to ferry
  people to and from the International Space Station. In 2014, NASA
  awarded Boeing more than $4 billion under its [70]Commercial Crew
  program to build the capsule. At the same time, NASA also selected
  SpaceX to build and design a competing system which has [71]already
  sent humans into space ten times (including seven missions for NASA).
  [72]Boeing's Starliner Lands Safely Back To Earth After Aborted Space
  Station Mission

[73]Science

[74]Boeing's Starliner Lands Safely Back To Earth After Aborted Space Station
Mission

  Starliner has flown twice. The first mission, in 2019, [75]failed to
  reach the I.S.S. after its on-board clock malfunctioned. The second
  test flight, in 2022, did dock with the I.S.S. and was deemed a
  success. Boeing had been working towards a July 21 launch to send two
  NASA astronauts to the I.S.S. This mission has been delayed several
  times and this latest setback is concerning.

  Just weeks before the launch attempt, Boeing managers determined that
  adhesive tape used to wrap and protect hundreds of yards of wiring
  inside the capsule could be flammable under certain circumstances.

  [76]Boeing finally docks a capsule to the space station

[77]Space

[78]Boeing finally docks a capsule to the space station

  In addition, the lines connecting the capsule to its trio of parachutes
  were not as strong as Boeing believed. During landing, it's possible
  that some of the lines could have snapped - potentially endangering the
  crew. Starliner is designed to land with just two parachutes. But if
  one parachute failed - the others could have too.

  For all of these reasons, Boeing vice president and Starliner program
  manager Mark Nappi told reporters the company was standing down,
  "Safety is always our top priority and that drives this decision." A
  future test flight date is unknown.

  Nappi says they'll take the next several weeks to investigate the
  design issues and come up with potential solutions. For now, Boeing
  says it's fully committed to the program and has no plans to stop
  developing Starliner despite being years behind schedule.
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