Boeing Starliner

By Mark Carreau, Irene Klotz
Two NASA astronauts conducting a flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth in February aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The timing for a final decision awaits a NASA Program Control Board session planned for the middle or end of next week.
Space

By Robert Wall
NASA has delayed a decision on how best to return the Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew to Earth.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Ortberg faces the challenge of fixing not one company but effectively two: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
If Starliner’s return is uncrewed, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams would remain aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until February.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA will postpone the launch of its next crew to the ISS to allow more time to review the ongoing Boeing CST-100 Starliner mission at the orbital outpost.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The Crew Flight Test of the Boeing-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has marked its eighth week docked at the International Space Station.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A strategy used from 2011 to 2018 to win five fixed-price development programs with low-priced bids continues to haunt Boeing’s defense and space business.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
Four ISS astronauts have offered insight into areas of forward-looking research and technology development.
Defense

By Mark Carreau, Vivienne Machi
This follows the FAA’s decision to permit Falcon 9 launches to resume after a July 11 second-stage launch failure.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Another round of thruster tests are set for this weekend, and an agency return readiness review is set for late next week.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Dates for the review and Starliner’s departure from the ISS are pending.
Space

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Starliner was launched June 5 on an anticipated nine-day flight test.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will remain at the International Space Station (ISS) while a new ground campaign begins to test thrusters.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Breakup of the RESURS-P1 satellite into an estimated 100 pieces of trackable debris occurred at about 12 p.m. EDT June 26.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Boeing have once again extended the stay of the CST-100 Starliner’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) at the International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA and Boeing plan to add at least four days to the ongoing CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The NASA spacewalk outside the International Space Station that was postponed on June 13 has been rescheduled for June 24.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
It will take some luck for Boeing to be ready to fly its first ISS crew rotation mission as early as February.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA called off an International Space Station spacewalk just before the two astronauts were to depart their airlock, due to a spacesuit discomfort issue.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Launched June 5, Starliner docked to the ISS a day later.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner with two NASA astronauts managed a delayed docking to the International Space Station on June 6.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Two NASA astronauts lifted off from Cape Canaveral SFS on June 5 for a shakedown cruise of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
Commercial Space