Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
Technicians start fueling up Boeing's Starliner capsule to prepare for its first-ever astronaut mission. Boeing posted this photo on X on March 18, 2024.Boeing has started fueling up its Starliner capsule ahead of the vehicle's first-ever astronaut launch.rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on Florida's Atlantic coast.
On Monday , Boeing announced that it had taken a significant step toward launch — beginning to load propellant into Starliner, a process that will take about two weeks.The activity is taking place at Boeing's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, which is next door to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
"Conducting the propellant loading operation is a team made up of specially trained technicians, as well as fluids, propellant and electrical test engineers," Boeing wrote in a "Throughout the operation, test teammates monitor the spacecraft, including sensors and valves, as well as the environment within the C3PF," they added.Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!International Space Station — Everything you need to knowmultibillion-dollar contracts via its Commercial Crew Program.
Boeing's capsule has launched twice to date, on uncrewed test flights to the orbiting lab. Starliner suffered several problems on the first mission, which launched, chief among them a problem with the suspension lines on Starliner's main parachutes and the fact that much of its wiring was wrapped in flammable tape. But technicians have fixed those problems, and CFT is on track for a liftoff this spring, NASA and Boeing officials say.
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