Sky News by Alexander Martin 5/4/2022
The resupply mission is intended to demonstrate to NASA that the spacecraft works following delays which have piled the pressure Boeing in the face of the successes of rival SpaceX.
Boeing is set to attempt another launch of its Starliner capsule, built as part of a $4.2bn NASA contract which has to date delivered only failure while its rival SpaceX keeps breaking new ground.
An uncrewed flight is scheduled for Thursday 19 May and follows a series of sorry attempts, including a launch in 2019 in which the capsule failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).
The resupply mission is intended to demonstrate to NASA that the spacecraft works following delays which have piled the pressure Boeing in the face of the successes of rival SpaceX.
Starliner's first orbital test in 2019 ended with the capsule failing to rendezvous with the ISS due to a software problem, although it successfully landed back on Earth two days later.
A subsequent second attempt at an uncrewed test flight was scrubbed due to an "unexpected valve" problem caused by humidity and corrosion.
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