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ЦитироватьBoeing Space‏Подлинная учетная запись @BoeingSpace 50 мин.50 минут назад


Structural testing on #Starliner is complete! Check out behind-the-scenes test footage that shows how we only plan to 'fly like we test.'

https://twitter.com/i/status/1095034844663422977

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/02/20/launch-teams-simulate-boeing-uncrewed-flight-test-countdown/
ЦитироватьLaunch Teams Simulate Boeing Uncrewed Flight Test Countdown

Stephanie Martin
Posted Feb 20, 2019 at 12:37 pm


NASA astronaut Mike Fincke monitors Boeing's Orbital Flight Test (OFT) launch simulation. Fincke is assigned to Boeing's Crew Flight Test, the first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner following OFT.

In preparation for Boeing's uncrewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA, United Launch Alliance (ULA), Boeing and Department of Defense personnel conducted a successful integrated crew exercise on Feb. 12.


NASA Operations Integration Manager Michael Hess

Boeing's Orbital Flight Test (OFT) of Starliner will launch on a ULA Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The joint team executed a mock countdown that practiced fueling the Atlas V and operating the unique launch day timeline that features a four-hour built-in hold to allow launch teams to work any technical issues that arise in the countdown. The hold is lifted four minutes prior to launch.


NASA OFT Mission Manager Eugene "Trip" Healey

The team was presented with simulated issues with hardware and downrange assets to exercise troubleshooting, problem resolution procedures and the coordination that goes into adjusting the countdown as necessary. There were even simulated challenges from the weather, forcing officials to react to changing weather conditions at the pad. The exercise culminated with a successful liftoff and climb into space.


Boeing Spacecraft Launch Conductor Louis Atchison

Formal rehearsals like this one allow launch teams in geographic locations across the country to function as one well-coordinated team.


Steve Payne, Launch Integration Manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program

OFT will be the uncrewed test of Starliner as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, during which Starliner will fly to the International Space Station for an automated rendezvous and docking, complete a short stay and then return to Earth; the mission is the precursor to Boeing's flight test with crew.

tnt22

ЦитироватьCrew Dragon, Starliner and Soyuz to be used by astronauts and cosmonauts

SciNews

Опубликовано: 15 мар. 2019 г.

William H. Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA, and Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, talked about the future use of SpaceX's Crew Dragon, Boeing's Starliner and Soyuz during the Soyuz MS-12 post-docking news conference held in Baikonur on 15 March 2019.
Credit: NASA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeUaRZvFby8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeUaRZvFby8 (2:54)

tnt22

https://ria.ru/20190315/1551810541.html
ЦитироватьИсточник: беспилотный корабль Starliner запустят к МКС в конце апреля
03:09

МОСКВА, 15 мар - РИА Новости. Американский беспилотный корабль Starliner разработки компании Boeing намечается отправить на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) через полтора месяца, сообщил РИА Новости в пятницу источник в ракетно-космической отрасли.

В марте на МКС слетал американский беспилотный корабль Dragon-2 разработки компании SpaceX Илона Маска.

"Американская сторона довела до российской информацию о дате запуска беспилотного корабля Starliner - 29 апреля. Через сутки после старта корабль должен причалить к МКС. Планируется, что 7 мая Starliner покинет станцию и возвратится на Землю", - сказал собеседник агентства.

Однако, по его словам, не исключен перенос запуска Starliner на май.

Ранее другой источник в отрасли сообщил РИА Новости, что запуск беспилотного корабля Starliner, планировавшийся на 28 марта, перенесен на первую половину мая.
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Ранее сообщалось, что запуск к МКС корабля Starliner в пилотируемом режиме намечается на 27 августа. На нем будет находиться экипаж из астронавтов НАСА Майкла Финка и Николь Аунапу Манн, а также астронавта Boeing Кристофера Фергюсона. После испытательных беспилотного и пилотируемого полетов корабль Starliner будет сертифицирован НАСА для штатных полетов на МКС.

В то же время старт к МКС корабля Dragon-2 в пилотируемом режиме предполагается в июле. На нем полетят астронавты НАСА Роберт Бенкен и Дуглас Херли. Затем НАСА сертифицирует корабль Dragon-2 для штатных полетов на МКС.
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Astro Cat

Мда Боинг уже не торт. Резину тянут по максимому. Что со Старлайнером, что с СЛС.

ХВ.

Подскажите, пожалуйста, кто разрабатывал и изготавливал для Боинга (Старлайнер) систему стыковки: СУ и стыковочный узел. Насколько она унифицирована с системой стыковки Драгон-2?

Alex_II

ЦитироватьХВ. пишет:
Подскажите, пожалуйста, кто разрабатывал и изготавливал для Боинга (Старлайнер) систему стыковки: СУ и стыковочный узел. Насколько она унифицирована с системой стыковки Драгон-2?
Так они, ЕМНИП, на один стыковочный узел должны стыковаться...
И мы пошли за так, на четвертак, за ради бога
В обход и напролом и просто пылью по лучу...

Pirat5

Цитироватьtnt22 (РИА Новости) пишут: 
"Американская сторона довела до российской информацию о дате запуска беспилотного корабля Starliner - 29 апреля.
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Однако, по его словам, не исключен перенос запуска Starliner на май.
апрель, май....   Есть сомнения!
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Not sure if this is official yet, but multiple sources say the NET date for Starliner's OFT (uncrewed test flight) is now August. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as the Starliner that flies is likely to be very close to the final design for a crewed mission.

ХВ.

#848
Боинг,  действительно, расслабился после полёта Драгона-2, так же, как расслабился СССР после полёта Аполлона-11.
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Запуск кораблей Boeing Starliner к МКС отложен из-за проблем
 
20 марта 2019, 14:57
Текст: Сергей Гурьянов
 
Старт американского беспилотного корабля Starliner разработки компании Boeing к Международной космической станции (МКС) перенесен с апреля на август, причиной оказались проблемы при его наземных испытаниях, сообщил источник в российской ракетно-космической отрасли.
«Американская сторона уведомила российскую, что запуск беспилотного корабля Starliner отложен на 17 августа из-за проблем, возникших при наземных испытаниях корабля», – передает его слова РИА «Новости».
По его словам, пилотируемый запуск корабля Starliner также перенесен с августа на более поздний срок.
Американская бюрократия больших компаний в действии.

ХВ.

ЦитироватьAlex_II пишет:
Так они, ЕМНИП, на один стыковочный узел должны стыковаться...
Стыковка к одному и тому же узлу не требует, чтобы стыковочные узлы и система управления на разных КК изготавливались одним исполнителем.
Возможно, так оно и есть - каждый компания для своего корабля (Драгон-2, Старлайнер, Орион) конструирует свою систему стыковку, которая должна стыковаться к единому для всех причалу.
А возможно для всех них всё делала наша РКК "Энергия".
А возможно, - напополам - что-то Энергия, а что-то американцы. И опять же, это что-то у американцев может изготавливать одна компания для всех, а возможно - каждая для себя.

Вопрос остаётся: кто изготавливает стыковочные узлы и систему управления стыковкой для американских КК?

triage

#850
Рейтерс написало позднее чем российские СМИ....
Цитироватьhttps://www.reuters.com/article/space-boeing/boeing-delays-flight-test-to-international-space-station-by-3-months-sources-idUSL1N2171SA

MARCH 21, 2019 / 1:23 AM / UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO

Boeing delays flight test to International Space Station by 3 months -sources

SEATTLE, March 20 (Reuters) - Boeing Co has delayed by three months its first uncrewed flight to the International Space Station under NASA's human spaceflight program, and pushed its crewed flight until November, industry sources said on Wednesday.

Reuters reported last month that NASA has warned Boeing and rival contractor SpaceX of design and safety concerns the companies need to address before flying humans to space. (Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle and Joey Roulette in Orlando, Florida; editing by Grant McCool)
Цитироватьhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-boeing/boeing-delays-by-months-test-flights-for-u-s-human-space-program-sources-idUSKCN1R12QR

MARCH 21, 2019 / 1:28 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

Boeing delays by months test flights for U.S. human space program: sources
Eric M. Johnson

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co has delayed by at least three months its first uncrewed flight to the International Space Station under NASA's human spaceflight program, and pushed its crewed flight until November, industry sources said on Wednesday.
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Boeing's first test flight was slated for April but it has been pushed to August, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The new schedule means that Boeing's crewed mission, initially scheduled for August, will be delayed until November.

A Boeing spokesman declined to comment.

A NASA spokesman declined to comment but said a new update to the launch schedule would be posted next week.
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The initial April launch was ahead of a United Launch Alliance mission for the Department of Defense in June from the Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida, so Boeing would have needed to clear the launch pad by the first week in May, one of the sources said, describing the pressure not just on technical issues but also launch schedules at Cape Canaveral.
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То есть возможен перенос на май, но дальше их военные гонят, и поэтому срок переноса 3 месяца

ЦитироватьEarlier this month an unmanned capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX completed a six-day round-trip mission to the International Space Station. Its astronaut flight is planned for July.

Цитироватьhttps://tass.ru/kosmos/6241330

21 МАР, 02:24

Reuters: Boeing отложила на три месяца запуски нового корабля к МКС

Речь идет о беспилотном и пилотируемом пусках CST-100 Starliner, сообщает агентство

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 21 марта. /ТАСС/. Американская компания Boeing отложила на три месяца беспилотный запуск корабля CST-100 Starliner к Международной космической станции (МКС). Как сообщило в среду агентство Reuters со ссылкой на источники, на такой же срок сдвинут и пуск корабля с экипажем.

Ранее сроки первого беспилотного запуска корабля CST-100 Starliner были изменены с марта на апрель текущего года.
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tnt22

#851
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6245764
Цитировать21 МАР, 23:16
Объявление о сроках запуска корабля Starliner будет сделано в ближайшее время

Ранее агентство Reuters сообщило, что планировавшийся на апрель испытательный запуск корабля в беспилотном режиме к МКС не состоится

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 21 марта. /ТАСС/. Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA) уже в ближайшем будущем назовет сроки первого запуска нового космического корабля CST-100 Starliner. Об этом сообщил в четверг ТАСС представитель отдела внешних связей корпорации Boeing Джерри Дреллинг.

"Как мы ожидаем, официальное объявление NASA о графике последует в ближайшее время", - отметил он.

Ранее в четверг информационное агентство Reuters со ссылкой на источники сообщило, что планировавшийся на апрель испытательный запуск корабля в беспилотном режиме к Международной космической станции не состоится и, вероятно, сроки запуска перенесены на август. Ранее первый беспилотный запуск корабля CST-100 Starliner был перенесен с марта на апрель.
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С 2011 года к Международной космической станции из пилотируемых кораблей летали только российские корабли "Союз". Они доставляют российских, американских и других членов экипажа МКС. В США новые космические корабли для пилотируемых полетов разработали компании SpaceX и Boeing. Корабль Crew Dragon компании SpaceX впервые был запущен к МКС 2 марта и пристыковался к станции 3 марта.

Его отстыковка состоялась 8 марта. Корабль после спуска на парашюте приводнился в Атлантическом океане. В июле может состояться запуск корабля с пилотами Бобом Бенкеном и Дугом Хэрли на борту, после чего NASA примет решение о сертификации корабля для регулярных полетов.
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https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/04/02/boeing-confirms-delay-of-first-starliner-crew-capsule-test-flight-to-august/
ЦитироватьBoeing delays first Starliner test flight to August, NASA extends duration of first crew mission
April 2, 2019Stephen Clark

EDITOR'S NOTE: Upd ated April 3 with NASA's confirmation of an extension to the duration of the Crew Flight Test and SpaceX statement on Crew Dragon schedule.


This image shows one of three Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew capsules during an environmental test campaign in El Segundo, California, that exposed the spacecraft to the thermal, acoustic and electromagnetic environments it will experience in flight. Credit: Boeing

Boeing said Tuesday the first orbital test flight of its commercial crew capsule, named the Starliner, will be delayed until August "in order to avoid unnecessary schedule pressure" and give priority on the Atlas 5 rocket's manifest to a U.S. Air Force communications satellite. NASA confirmed Wednesday that officials have approved an extension of the Starliner's first crewed mission to last up to several months.

A statement issued by Boeing on Tuesday confirmed previous reports that the company's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, designed and built under a $4.2 billion contract fr om NASA, would miss its previous target launch date for an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station in April. NASA and industry sources have said for months that an April launch date was not feasible, but NASA and Boeing had not officially published a revised schedule since early February.

The first Starliner test flight with astronauts on-board was previously scheduled for August. In Boeing's schedule upd ate released Tuesday, the company only said it expects the Crew Flight Test to occur "later this year," but sources said the Starliner could fly with astronauts in November, at the earliest.

NASA said Wednesday that the Crew Flight Test's duration has been extended, as officials previously said was possible. The Starliner's first test flight with astronauts was originally supposed to last no more than a couple of weeks, but the crew could now remain aboard the space station for months. The exact duration of the Crew Flight Test will be determined at a later date, NASA said.

"NASA's assessment of extending the mission was found to be technically achievable without compromising the safety of the crew," said Phil McAlister, director of the commercial spaceflight division at NASA Headquarters. "Commercial crew flight tests, along with the additional Soyuz opportunities, help us transition with greater flexibility to our next-generation commercial systems under the Commercial Crew Program."

The Crew Flight Test mission extension will allow the space station crew to conduct additional research and maintenance, helping ensure the U.S. segment of the orbiting outpost remains fully staffed as NASA transitions fr om exclusively using Russian Soyuz crew capsules to using a mix of SpaceX, Boeing and Russian vehicles for astronaut transportation.

A hotfire test of the Starliner's abort engines, delayed from last year after a fuel leak on the test stand at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, is planned in the coming months. That will be followed by a pad abort test at White Sands in the summer timeframe, before the Starliner's first space mission, according to Rebecca Regan, a Boeing spokesperson.

The pad abort test will verify the Starliner's four liquid-fueled escape engines can send the capsule and the astronauts on-board away from a failing rocket. The pad abort test was previously scheduled between the Starliner's first orbital mission, designated the Orbital Flight Test, and the capsule's first crewed mission. Earlier in the spacecraft's development, Boeing originally aimed to conduct the pad abort test before both test flights to the space station, but officials shuffled the sequence after last year's hotfire test anomaly.


Artist's illustration of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew capsule launching atop an Atlas 5 rocket. Credit: United Launch Alliance/Boeing

With the updated schedule released Tuesday, the Starliner's Orbital Flight Test will be leapfrogged in United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket's manifest at Cape Canaveral by the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite, which has held to a target launch date of June 27 for several months. Boeing said the Starliner's Orbital Flight Test had a narrow launch opportunity in the first week of May to clear the Atlas 5's launch pad at Cape Canaveral before the AEHF 5 mission.

"In order to avoid unnecessary schedule pressure, not interfere with a critical national security payload, and allow appropriate schedule margin to ensure the Boeing, United Launch Alliance and NASA teams are able to perform a successful first launch of Starliner, we made the most responsible decision available to us and will be ready for the next launch pad availability in August, while still allowing for a Crew Flight Test later this year," Boeing said in a statement.

Boeing test pilot Chris Ferguson, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the last space shuttle mission in 2011, will be joined by NASA crewmates Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann on the Crew Flight Test mission.
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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is one of two commercially-developed crew capsules funded by NASA to ferry astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft launched March 2 on a six-day test flight to the space station, demonstrating its capabilities before a second test as soon as July with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on-board.

The Crew Dragon capsule returned to Earth under parachutes March 8 for a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

NASA said Wednesday that officials "are expected to reevaluate (the Crew Dragon's) target test dates in the next couple weeks."

A SpaceX spokesperson said Wednesday that the company is "on track for a test of Crew Dragon's in-flight abort capabilities in June and hardware readiness for Crew Dragon's second demonstration mission to the space station in July."


SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking March 3. Credit: NASA
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While SpaceX's Crew Dragon launches on top of the company's Falcon 9 rocket and returns to splashdowns at sea, the CST-100 Starliner will take off aboard Atlas 5 rockets built by United Launch Alliance, a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. At the end of each mission, the Starliner will parachute back to Earth for a landing in the Western United States.

SpaceX originally intended to reuse the Crew Dragon for multiple missions to the space station, but officials have dropped that plan, at least for now, after redesigning the capsule for ocean landings. Boeing says each CST-100 crew capsule can fly in space up to 10 times.

After they complete their test flights, the Crew Dragon and CST-100 Starliner spaceships will begin regular crew rotation flights to the space station, wh ere they will stay docked as emergency lifeboats for up to 210 days before returning astronauts to Earth.

Boeing said Tuesday the Starliner program continues to make progress. The company said it recently cleared the last major test milestones ahead of the unpiloted demonstration flight to the space station, and technicians are "entering the final phases of production" on the Orbital Flight Test vehicle.

Nevertheless, Boeing said the delay to August for the Starliner's first space mission allows teams to "take the necessary time to ensure this critical flight will be successful and prove our reusable vehicles will be ready to fly multiple long-duration missions throughout the lifetime of the International Space Station."

The Starliner team recently completed two parachute drop tests, and one of the human-rated Starliner spaceships recently finished a series of environmental tests at Boeing's satellite factory in El Segundo, California, officials said. Engineers also conducted a "range of motion" test on the Starliner's docking adapter, which will connect the capsule to the space station.

Boeing is building the CST-100 Starliner capsules in a repurposed space shuttle hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wh ere the company also plans to refurbish the spacecraft between missions. The company plans to initially build two full-up Starliner capsules for crew rotation flights to the space station, designated Spacecraft 2 and Spacecraft 3.

Spacecraft 1, the first of the line, will be used on the pad abort test in New Mexico.

The capsule used for environmental testing in El Segundo was Spacecraft 2. The battery of environmental tests subjected the spacecraft to the extremely hot and cold temperatures, vacuum conditions, electromagnetic radiation, and the vibration and acoustic environments it will encounter in flight. With that testing completed, the capsule will be shipped back to the Kennedy Space Center for final outfitting ahead of the Crew Flight Test.

Boeing is assembling Spacecraft 3 for the Orbital Flight Test.


Technicians lower mate the two domes that comprise the main pressure vessel of Boeing's Orbital Flight Test CST-100 Starliner. This is one of the last major assembly milestones on Spacecraft 3 before final outfitting and closeouts as Starliner prepares for its first mission, now scheduled for August. Credit: Boeing

The fuel leak in the Starliner's abort engines last June led to months of delays in the program, while engineers in parallel studied issues with the Boeing capsule's parachutes and pyrotechnic systems. The delays ultimately led Boeing to fall months behind SpaceX in launching their crew capsule's first unpiloted space mission.

"Both Boeing and SpaceX are working through very different issues related to their propulsion systems, and in addition both providers are continuing to refine, se t and understand their parachute designs," said Sandy Magnus, a former NASA astronaut, during a meeting of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel on March 7. "It's a critical safety design element that is an ongoing challenge for both."

Boeing said the company is nearing the finish line in overcoming the propulsion and parachute challenges.

"With environmental testing complete, we now need only one more parachute qualification test, the service module hot fire test and a pad abort test before we are fully qualified to fly our Crew Flight Test," Boeing said. "None of those tests are necessary ahead of the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test."

NASA said new launch abort engine valves, redesigned after malfunctioning and causing the propellant leak after a hotfire test last year, have been manufactured and are being installed on the Starliner's test abort engines, built by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The next se t of new hardware will soon be installed in the pad abort service module, NASA said.

Boeing said its team wants to fly a crew-ready spacecraft on the unpiloted test.

"It is most important to us to fly a complete vehicle and collect as high-fidelity data as we can from these crucial flight tests before we turn the vehicles around and prepare them for regular long-duration missions," the company said in a statement.
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SpaceX tested Crew Dragon's abort system during an on-pad test in 2015, demonstrating the ship's SuperDraco escape thrusters have the power to drive the spacecraft off its rocket sitting on the ground in the event of an accident during the countdown. An in-flight abort test is planned this summer, before the Crew Dragon's first mission with astronauts, to evaluate the capsule's ability to escape a rocket at high altitude.

Unlike the pad escape demonstration, an in-flight abort test was not required by NASA of either company, and Boeing elected to forego it.

The Crew Dragon that flew to the space station last month launched with much of the spaceship's life support system, including air revitalization equipment to regulate oxygen and carbon dioxide inside the spaceship. The crew seats and display monitors also flew, but the displays were not activated and functional, according to Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX's vice president of build and flight reliability.

The touch-screen crew controls, push buttons and the toilet will be added to the next Crew Dragon vehicle for astronauts.

SpaceX also plans to add heaters to the Crew Dragon's propulsion system to keep propellants from getting too cold, which could cause a shock or vibration that could damage the capsule's Draco control thrusters.

Speaking at the safety panel meeting last month, Magnus said SpaceX and Boeing are pursuing different plans for their test flights.

"It is not possible to do a direct comparison of the two uncrewed flights and the milestones that they're performing," Magnus said. "They're different for different reasons for each provider. Each provider has targeted different objectives, and it's based on their operations concept and their design philosophy."
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2019/04/03/nasas-commercial-crew-program-boeing-test-flight-dates-and-spacex-demo-2-update/
ЦитироватьNASA's Commercial Crew Program: Boeing Test Flight Dates and SpaceX Demo-2 Update

Anna Heiney
April 3, 2019



NASA and Boeing are nearing the final stages of development and evaluation for crew systems that will return human spaceflight launches from American soil on missions to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. To meet NASA's requirements, the commercial providers must demonstrate that their systems are ready to begin regular flights to the space station.

Boeing now is targeting the company's uncrewed mission, called Orbital Flight Test, in August 2019, although this is a working target date and to be confirmed. The CST-100 Starliner will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The decision to adjust the launch date was guided by limited launch opportunities in April and May, as well as a critical U.S. Air Force national security launch – AEHF-5 – atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 in June.

Following the uncrewed flight, Boeing is planning to fly a test mission with crew on board to the space station in late 2019, with the specific date to be confirmed closer to that timeframe. NASA and Boeing have agreed to extend the duration of that flight test to the International Space Station after completing an in-depth technical assessment of the Starliner systems. Boeing also will fly a Pad Abort Test before those two orbital flights to demonstrate the company's ability to safely carry astronauts away from a launch vehicle emergency, if necessary. Find a full mission and Boeing progress feature here: https://go.nasa.gov/2FM8zcQ.

Following the test flights, NASA will review performance data and resolve any necessary issues to certify the systems for operational missions. NASA and Boeing are actively working to be ready for the operational missions. As with all human spaceflight vehicle development, learning from each test and adjusting as necessary to reduce risk to the crew may override planning dates.

The following planning dates reflect updated schedule inputs for Boeing's test flights as of March 26, 2019.

Test Flight Planning Dates:
Boeing Pad Abort Test: Summer 2019
Boeing Orbital Flight Test (uncrewed): current target working date August 2019
Boeing Crew Flight Test (crewed): current target working date late 2019
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NASA and Boeing Extend Starliner Crew Flight Test Duration to Space Station, Target New Flight Dates


Boeing's Starliner prepares for acoustic testing at Boeing's spacecraft test facilities in El Segundo, California. This vehicle, known as Spacecraft 2, will fly Starliner's Crew Flight Test after it returns to Florida from environmental testing.
Credits: Boeing

NASA and Boeing have agreed to extend the duration of the company's first crewed flight test to the International Space Station after completing an in-depth technical assessment of the CST-100 Starliner systems. NASA found the long-duration flight to be technically feasible and in the best interest of the agency's needs to ensure continued access and better utilization of the orbiting laboratory.

The extended duration test flight offers NASA the opportunity to complete additional microgravity research, maintenance, and other activities while the company's Starliner is docked to station. The mission duration will be determined at a later date.

"NASA's assessment of extending the mission was found to be technically achievable without compromising the safety of the crew," said Phil McAlister, director of the commercial spaceflight division at NASA Headquarters. "Commercial crew flight tests, along with the additional Soyuz opportunities, help us transition with greater flexibility to our next-generation commercial systems under the Commercial Crew Program."

The agency and its industry partner also agreed to adjust the target launch dates for flight tests, which will demonstrate Boeing's readiness ahead of NASA certification to fly crew regularly to the station.

Boeing is now targeting August for its uncrewed Orbital Flight Test, although this date is a working date and to be confirmed. The decision to adjust that launch date was guided by limited launch opportunities in April and May, as well as a critical U.S. Air Force national security launch – AEHF-5 – atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 in June. The company's first flight with astronauts on board, called the Crew Flight Test, is now targeted for late 2019, again to be confirmed closer to that timeframe. Boeing also will fly a Pad Abort Test before those two orbital flights to demonstrate the company's ability to safely carry astronauts away from a launch vehicle emergency, if necessary.
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"The uncrewed flight tests provide a wealth of data for us to analyze every phase of flight," said Steve Stich, NASA's Commercial Crew Program deputy manager. "They offer a phenomenal opportunity for us to evaluate the end-to-end performance of the systems, and really set us up for flight tests with crew. Our Boeing and NASA teams are making tremendous progress without compromising safety as we prepare for launch."

While the Starliner spacecraft for the Orbital Flight Test is close to complete, the additional time will allow teams to thoroughly focus on the test and validation activities well ahead of launch.

"We remain diligent, with a safety-first culture," said John Mulholland, vice president and program manager, Boeing's Commercial Crew Program. "While we have already made substantial progress this year, this shift gives us the time to continue building a safe, quality spacecraft capable of carrying crews over and over again after a successful uncrewed test, without adding unnecessary schedule pressure."

Boeing continues to advance toward meeting the agency's goal of returning human spaceflight launches from American soil to the International Space Station as a part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Orbital Flight Test Progress


A look at the Starliner that will soon fly the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test soon after the dome mate activities at the Boeing Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
Credits: Boeing

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft for the uncrewed flight test is nearly complete. This spacecraft is designed to be reusable up to 10 times, and will be used for the company's first full operational mission after certification. The Starliner team is working to complete all of the critical testing and integration on the spacecraft to ensure the shortest possible time between the completion of the uncrewed flight and the first launch of crew, and then to operational missions to station.


Boeing technicians meticulously lower the Starliner upper dome to the lower dome before bolting and sealing the pressure vessel.
Credits: Boeing

On March 11, Boeing mated the upper and lower domes of the same spacecraft inside its Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two domes underwent outfitting with avionics, cooling systems, wire harnesses, fuel and life support lines, and other critical systems before being mated together. This is one of the last major milestones ahead of final processing and closeouts for flight.

NASA and Boeing teams also completed two parachute tests. In February, a "lawn dart" dropped out of a C-17 aircraft over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, and the parachutes performed as planned. These reliability tests are part of a special studies program NASA initiated to validate the robust design of Starliner's parachute systems. Then in March at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Boeing completed the fourth of five parachute qualification tests. Successful completion of all five tests will qualify the entire Starliner landing system for flight with crew.

Another key milestone for the capsule included successful range of motion testing on the docking adapter – known as the NASA Docking System, or NDS – that will connect Starliner to the space station's Harmony module later this year.

Pad Abort Test Progress

Boeing also is working on the Starliner spacecraft slated to fly the Pad Abort Test, which will demonstrate the abort engines can push the spacecraft about a mile up and a mile out from the test site. This test will take place at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico ahead of the Orbital Flight Test.

As a precursor to the abort, the company is preparing to restart its Service Module Hot Fire test campaign at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico this spring. New hardware, including launch abort engine valves, have been redesigned and manufactured and are being installed on the test abort engines. The next set of new hardware will soon be installed in the pad abort service module.

Crew Flight Test Progress


Technicians at the Boeing Space Environment Test Facility in El Segundo, California, position Starliner inside the acoustics test chamber.
Credits: Boeing

Boeing's Crew Flight Test spacecraft recently completed its Environmental Qualification Test campaign at the company's Space Environment Test Facilities in El Segundo, California. The Crew Flight Test vehicle underwent rounds of acoustics vibration, thermal vacuum and electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic contamination testing. These tests are designed to simulate the harsh environments of launch, ascent and orbit and also prove that the electronics systems will operate in space and not interfere with other satellites or the station.

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Mike Fincke and Boeing's Chris Ferguson are continuing preparations for the Crew Flight Test at Johnson Space Center in Houston. They are training on Starliner's systems, including nominal and unlikely scenarios, such as water rescue training. They are also well into space station training, and are now focusing on becoming a longer duration crew. Mann and Fincke are training for upcoming spacewalks, and Ferguson is training to support them from inside the station. 


Chris Ferguson, with Boeing, helps Nicole Mann, left, and Mike Fincke, right, both with NASA, train for a spacewalk.
Credits: Boeing

Post-Certification Mission Progress

The crew for NASA's first operational mission on Starliner, Suni Williams and Josh Cassada, are continuing similar training. All five Starliner crew members are making regular trips to Starliner production and test facilities to get to know the people and the vehicles that will take them safely to orbit and back.

SpaceX Demo-2 Update

NASA also is working with SpaceX to return human spaceflight launches to American soil. The company completed an uncrewed flight test, known as Demo-1, to the space station in March. SpaceX now is processing the same Crew Dragon spacececraft for an in-flight abort test. The company then will fly a test flight with a crew, known as Demo-2, to the station.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program and SpaceX are expected to reevaluate its target test dates in the next couple weeks.
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Editor: Linda Herridge

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ЦитироватьНАСА отложило первый беспилотный полет корабля Starliner
Вчера, 17:42

ВАШИНГТОН, 3 апр – РИА Новости. НАСА подтвердило перенос первого испытательного полета корабля Starliner компании Boeing на август, пилотируемая миссия ожидается не раньше конца года.

"Boeing планирует беспилотный испытательный орбитальный полет в августе, но эта дата остается рабочей и еще требует утверждения", - сообщило ведомство в среду.

Ранее планировалось, что первый испытательный полет Starliner в беспилотном режиме пройдет в апреле. Затем источники сообщали о переносе запуска на август, но НАСА не подтверждало эту информацию.

Решение о переносе, как сообщает космическое ведомство США, обусловлено ограниченными возможностями для запуска в апреле и мае, а также намеченным на июнь стартом ракеты Atlas V со спутником для ВВС США. "Первый пилотируемый полет... теперь планируется на конец 2019 года, что также будет подтверждено ближе к конкретной дате", - говорится в сообщении ведомства. В НАСА также напоминают, что до пилотируемого полета компания проведет испытание системы экстренной эвакуации экипажа в случае аварийного старта.

Как говорится в сообщении НАСА, ведомство и компания также приняли решение об увеличении продолжительности первого пилотируемого полета к МКС, однако подробности пока не сообщаются.

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ЦитироватьChris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 08:36 PDT - 3 апр. 2019 г.

Here's why the @NASA & @BoeingSpace release blaming newest #Starliner delay on @ulalaunch is shocking. We break down the schedule & how NASA's release states that Starliner is not ready to fly. In other words, ULA is not to blame.

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https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/04/curious-move-nasa-blame-ula-latest-starliner-delay/ ...

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Ready for orbit! #Starliner passed environmental qualification testing. Check out our spacecraft in the acoustic testing chamber. FULL STORY: http://www.boeing.com/features/2019/04/starliner-passes-testing-04-19.page ...

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ЦитироватьReady for Orbit! Starliner Passes Environmental Qualification Testing
April 11, 2019 in Space


EMI-EMC: Boeing's CST-100 Starliner undergoes electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC) testing in a specialized test chamber at Boeing's Space Environment Test Facilities in El Segundo, Calif. These tests were the final part of Starliner's environmental qualification test campaign. EMI/EMC testing ensures that Starliner's systems will function properly in the orbital radiation environment without interfering with other electrical systems on the International Space Station. Once back in Boeing's Starliner facilities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, this same vehicle will be prepared to fly Starliner's first Crew Flight Test later this year. (Boeing photo)


Thermal: Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is ready for thermal vacuum testing at Boeing's Space Environment Test Facility in El Segundo, Calif. During this test series, teams outfitted Starliner with hot plates and radiators, and placed the spacecraft in a vacuum chamber that could also be filled with a cryogenic nitrogen shroud. This chamber simulated the vacuum environment in space as well as the temperature swings Starliner will see as it moves to and fr om direct sunlight and the Earth's shadow. (Boeing photo)


Acoustics: Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is prepared for thermal vacuum testing at Boeing's Space Environment Test Facility in El Segundo, Calif. During this test series, the Starliner was subjected to sound waves that simulated the harsh environments of launch, ascent and orbit. (Boeing photo)

"Test like you fly" is a mantra Boeing's CST-100 Starliner team takes to heart, proven by the success of a recent environmental test campaign at Boeing's Space Environment Test Facility in El Segundo, Calif. During testing, the first Starliner that will carry people to space was subjected to similar environmental conditions it will see on launch, ascent and orbit.

"Environmental testing is one of the most challenging campaigns of any spaceflight development program, and we succeeded in under 100 days," said John Mulholland, Vice President and Program Manager, Boeing's Commercial Crew Program. "Thorough ground testing is a critical part of our strategy to ensure the shortest possible time between flight tests and long-duration missions for our NASA customer. "

In Boeing's acoustic chamber, test teams subjected Starliner to intense sound waves that simulated liftoff and ascent. In the large thermal-vacuum chamber, the spacecraft experienced extreme temperature swings, from freezing cold to heat from solar radiation in a vacuum simulating the space environment. Finally, teams tested the spacecraft's systems for potential electromagnetic interferences in a highly specialized, noise-free anechoic chamber.

The complex series of tests was needed to qualify Starliner for repeated missions to and from the International Space Station, with crew safety always the top priority.

In addition to environmental qualification testing, another version of Starliner specifically created for structural testing was put through hundreds of unique conditions, which yielded several billion points of data needed to validate Starliner's structural design. Read more about that testing here.

"We put the spacecraft through a gauntlet of tests to prove it's ready," said Boeing Test & Evaluation's Space Environmental Test Leader Brad Mejia. "Everything we needed to conduct the testing, including a team of experts who are used to testing for space, are right here in southern California."

Having successfully completed environmental qualification testing, the spacecraft was carefully packaged and shipped via semi-truck back to Florida, wh ere it will first leave the planet. There, teams will continue readying the spacecraft for that highly-anticipated first crewed launch into space.

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ЦитироватьЧлен экипажа Boeing CFT Кристофер Фергюсон приступил к подготовке в ЦПК

15 апреля 2019 | 

Сегодня в Центре подготовки космонавтов состоялось представление астронавта-испытателя компании «Боинг» Кристофера Фергюсона руководству и сотрудникам Центра. Астронавт в настоящее время готовится  к испытательному космическому полёту на МКС в составе экипажа космического корабля «Старлайнер» ("Starliner") компании Boeing в качестве пилота.

Кристофер  Дж . Фергюсон (Christopher  John « Chris»  Ferguson) астронавт-испытатель компании «Боинг» и директор подразделения по экипажам и системам обеспечения полёта Программы коммерческих кораблей CST-100 Starliner компании Boeing.

С 1998 по 2000 годы Фергюсон прошёл подготовку по программе кандидатов в астронавты. На счету астронавта три космических полёта. Фюргюсон пилотировал «Шаттл» во время полёта СТС-115 и являлся командиром экипажей СТС-126 и 135, суммарная продолжительность полета - 40 сут 10 ч 03 мин 47 с.

Как астронавт-испытатель и пилот коммерческого корабля компании «Боинг», Кристофер Фергюсон будет среди тех, кто первыми полетит в космос на борту космического корабля «CST-100 Старлайнер». Астронавт с 2011 года сотрудничал с Дирекцией по вопросам освоения космического пространства человеком и пилотируемых космических полётов[spoiler][/spoiler] НАСА, подразделениями Космического центра имени Джонсона по техническому обеспечению, экипажам и полётным операциям, а также Программой экипажей коммерческих космических кораблей Космического центра имени Кеннеди. Он также сыграл ведущую роль в разработке и тестировании принципов действия системы и ключевых технологий, лежащих в основе запуска корабля и наземных систем.

Продолжительность подготовки Кристофера Фергюсона в ЦПК составит одну неделю, в ходе которой он получит общее представление о конструкции и компоновке РС МКС и назначении систем. Также астронавт-испытатель будет ознакомлен с алгоритмами работы систем и действиями экипажа МКС при возникновении аварийных ситуаций.

Источник: Пресс-служба ЦПК, фото ЦПК

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