Tag: White Sands
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OFT Starliner Makes Early Landing at White Sands
After a maiden flight that was shortened by an off-nominal orbit insertion, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner conducted its first landing from orbit. Touchdown at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico occurred at 5:58 AM MST (12:58 UTC) on December 22. The spacecraft approached from the southwest, overflying the Pacific Ocean and Baja California. If,…
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NASA is ‘thrilled’ with pad abort test for Boeing’s Starliner space taxi despite parachute glitch
Two parachutes ease the descent of the Boeing-built CST-100 Starliner space taxi during an uncrewed pad abort test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (NASA via YouTube) Boeing cleared a key milestone for launching NASA astronauts on its CST-100 Starliner space taxi today by executing an end-to-end test of its rocket-powered launch abort…
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Boeing identifies CST-100 prime landing sites
Artist’s concept of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner landing on airbags. Credit: Boeing The first few flights of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule will likely land on expansive desert plains in New Mexico or Utah, according to a former astronaut charged with developing the spacecraft’s operations scheme. Boeing is still finalizing a list of five candidate…