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News Topical, Digital Desk : NASA has decided to ground the crew capsule Boeing CST-100 Starliner till 2026. Boeing Starliner was in the news ever since it developed a technical fault in June 2024. According to NASA, it will take till 2026 to fix it. Till then all missions of Boeing Starliner have been cancelled.
Last year, the Boeing Starliner, which took several astronauts including Sunita Williams into space, suddenly malfunctioned. Due to this, the crew members had to stay in space for several months, after which NASA called the Boeing Starliner back to Earth without the crew members.
What was wrong with Boeing Starline?
According to NASA, serious problems were seen in the Boeing Starliner during the Crew Flight Test in June 2024. Helium gas started leaking in many places. After reaching the International Space Station (ISS), 5 out of 28 control thrusts of the capsule failed.
NASA decided
Ultimately, NASA decided to leave the astronauts in the ISS for their safety and called the Boeing Starliner back to the empty earth. After this, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft brought all the astronauts including Sunita Williams back to the earth. NASA and Boeing are trying to fix the technical fault of the spacecraft together, but it has not been completely fixed yet.
Spacecraft will go into space without crew members
NASA astronauts say that after the Boeing Starliner is repaired, it will be tested. During this time it will be flown without crew members and it will be approved only after successful testing. This entire process may take time till the end of 2025 or 2026.
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