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55 'Boeing' stories April 2020 - December 2020

Boeing is a multinational corporation that designs and manufactures airplanes, rockets, satellites, telecom equipment, and more across the world.

Boeing unveils ‘personal’ OFT-2 mission patch ahead of next Starliner spacecraft orbital flight test

Zac Hall Dec 16 2020 - 11:53 am PT

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The Starliner team is gearing up to conduct the next uncrewed orbital flight test for the astronaut-carrying spacecraft, and Boeing has revealed a thoughtful mission patch that symbolizes how personal the mission is for everyone involved.

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Boeing targeting March 29 for Starliner’s second uncrewed test flight

Space Explored Staff Dec 9 2020 - 4:27 pm PT

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After the failure of Starliner’s first uncrewed test flight back in December 2019, Boeing and NASA are finally ready to give it another go. The aerospace company is now targeting March 29, 2021, to launch Starliner’s second uncrewed flight.

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Starliner: Boeing knocks out high-altitude parachute test for astronaut spacecraft

Zac Hall Dec 8 2020 - 12:22 pm PT

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Boeing is currently developing a new spacecraft called Starliner that will be used to send astronauts to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This week Boeing released footage of its sixth and final parachute test as it progresses toward its next uncrewed test flight using Starliner.

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The FAA has finally ended the Boeing 737 MAX flight ban

Space Explored Staff Nov 18 2020 - 9:50 am PT

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On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the notorious Boeing 737 MAX for flight after a 20-month ban. The ban came after two fatal crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX in just five months, which sadly caused 346 passengers to lose their lives.

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Boeing taps SpaceX and Tesla veteran to solve its software woes

Seth Kurkowski Nov 6 2020 - 9:46 am PT

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Boeing announced today that they are hiring former SpaceX and Tesla employee Jinnah Hosein as their first vice president of software engineering. Hosein led software development for the Falcon family of rockets, Dragon, and Crew Dragon. He also worked at Tesla on their autopilot software.

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Feds investigating ex-NASA human spaceflight lead and Boeing contact over lunar landing system

Zac Hall Aug 14 2020 - 4:52 pm PT

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In a surprise decision made in May, NASA abruptly replaced its associate administrator in charge of human spaceflight eight days before flying astronauts with a commercial partner for the first time in history. While NASA didn’t cite a specific reason for Doug Loverro’s resignation, the outgoing human spaceflight lead suggested a single mistake was made:

The risks we take, whether technical, political, or persona, all have potential consequences if we judge them incorrectly. I took such a risk earlier in the year because I judged it necessary to fulfill our mission. Now, over the balance of time, it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice for which I alone must bear consequences.

Now the Wall Street Journal reports that federal prosecutors are investigating the incident:

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Boeing wants to send NASA astronauts to space, but first it must prove Starliner is ready

Zac Hall Apr 6 2020 - 6:38 pm PT

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In a decision that has been months in the making, Boeing has announced that its Starliner spacecraft will conduct a second orbital flight test before it can demonstrate human spaceflight capabilities for NASA.

SpaceX passed its orbital flight test for NASA in March last year when its Crew Dragon capsule traveled to the International Space Station and back.

Boeing attempted its own orbital flight test in December, but the mission went awry within minutes of Starliner leaving the planet.

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