From the moment of separation from the launch of the vehicle to the moment of landing, the Starliner performed very well.
NASA has declared the second test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner (OFT-2) spacecraft to the International Space Station successful. This was announced by the head of the agency’s commercial manned flights program, Steve Stich, writes Interfax.
Thus, the ship was ready for a test flight to the station with a crew on board.
“Looking at how the flight went and what we need to do in the coming months, I see no reason not to conduct a test flight in the future. The ship showed very good performance. If you look at the test flying it with purpose, you can “To say that we have achieved all the goals. From the moment of separation from the launch of the vehicle to the moment of landing, the Starliner performed very well, the communication system worked well, we will also finish a few things before the manned test flight, ”Stitch said. .
He stressed that the date of the flight with the crew will be determined in the summer.
Note that the ship was launched at the station on May 20. On May 21, it docked 360 kg of materials to supply the ISS. After five days as part of the ISS, the ship successfully landed at the White Sands test site in the United States.
Remember that before the ships arrived, the ISS’s orbit was corrected.
Changing union. The Starliner has successfully returned to Earth
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