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      NASA delays flight of Boeing’s Starliner again, this time for parachutes

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 29 March, 2023 - 21:39

    Starliner touches down in December 2019 for the first time.

    Enlarge / Starliner touches down in December 2019 for the first time. (credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

    NASA and Boeing announced Wednesday that the first crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft will now take place no earlier than July 21. This moves the vehicle's flight, carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, from the previously announced timeframe of April.

    The manager of NASA's Commercial Crew program, Steve Stich, said the delay was attributable to the extra time needed to close out the pre-flight review process of Starliner and also due to traffic from other vehicles visiting the space station in June and the first half of July.

    "When we look at all the different pieces, most of the work will be complete in April for the flight," Stich said during a teleconference with reporters. "But there's one area that's extending out into the May time frame, and this really has to do with the certification products for the parachute system."

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      Le vol test de Boeing vers l’ISS avec une capsule vide est repoussé de quelques jours

      Julien Lausson · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Thursday, 18 February, 2021 - 12:52

    Boeing Starliner

    Boeing et la Nasa préfèrent retarder le prochain vol test vers l’ISS avec une capsule vide. Quelques vérifications supplémentaires sont requises. [Lire la suite]

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      The Trump administration left Biden with a rocket dilemma

      Eric Berger · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 27 January, 2021 - 14:36

    SLS Green Run Test

    Enlarge / And the day that was comes to a close at NASA's Stennis Space Center after the SLS rocket fired up for the Green Run test on January 16, 2021. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann)

    Nearly two years ago, then Vice President Mike Pence delivered the most consequential space policy speech of his tenure in office. During a National Space Council meeting at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, Pence laid out the Trump administration's plans to land humans on the Moon by the year 2024.

    "We must redouble our efforts here in Huntsville and throughout this program," said Pence, speaking to engineers leading development of NASA's Space Launch System rocket. "We must accelerate the SLS program to meet this objective. But know this: The President has directed NASA and Administrator Jim Bridenstine to accomplish this goal by any means necessary."

    At the time, NASA engineers at Marshall told Pence they were confident the SLS rocket would make its debut flight in 2020, setting up a schedule to allow astronauts to return to the Moon by 2024. Even so, Pence maintained he was not committed to any single rocket, or contractor. The Moon was the goal—not the means of reaching it.

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      Vol inhabité de Boeing vers l’ISS : après le dernier échec, rendez-vous le 29 mars 2021

      Julien Lausson · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Thursday, 10 December, 2020 - 18:00

    CST-100 Starliner

    La NASA et Boeing ont décidé de retenir la date du 29 mars 2021 pour retenter un vol inhabité jusqu'à la Station spatiale internationale avec la capsule CST-100 Starliner. L'essai précédent, en décembre 2019, s'était soldé par un échec. [Lire la suite]

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      Boeing 737 Max : près de deux ans après les crashs, l’infortuné avion a transporté des passagers

      Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Thursday, 10 December, 2020 - 10:50

    Boeing 737 Max

    C'est officiel, le Boeing 737 Max, cloué au sol pendant de nombreux mois après deux accidents dramatiques, a de nouveau décollé avec des passagers à bord. [Lire la suite]

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      Le Boeing 737 Max peut de nouveau voler aux États-Unis

      Julien Lausson · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 18 November, 2020 - 15:59

    737 Max Boeing

    Après vingt mois d'interruption, l'administration de l'aviation civile américaine autorise le Boeing 737 Max à redécoller. Il reste maintenant à convaincre les autres autorités de régulation. [Lire la suite]

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      US regulator clears Boeing’s 737 Max to fly again

      Financial Times · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 18 November, 2020 - 14:39

    A Boeing 737 MAX jet lands following a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, on June 29, 2020.

    Enlarge / A Boeing 737 MAX jet lands following a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, on June 29, 2020. (credit: Jason Redmond | Getty Images)

    The US Federal Aviation Administration issued an order on Wednesday to allow Boeing’s 737 Max to return to the skies, clearing the way for other regulators to follow and airlines to restore the plane to their schedules.

    The move by US regulators, which had been expected, marks the beginning of the end of the worst crisis in Boeing’s century-long history. Two 737 Max crashes killed 346 people, and afterwards destroyed billions in Boeing’s market value, led to the departure of former chief executive Dennis Muilenburg and tarnished the reputation of one of the most storied US manufacturers.

    The FAA is requiring that Boeing change flight control software, known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, which was a critical factor in the two fatal crashes which happened within five months. The software will be unable to activate repeatedly and can only do so with input from two sensors, instead of just one. The agency is also requiring changes to the plane’s wiring.

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      Les grandes missions spatiales à suivre absolument en 2020

      Julien Lausson · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Tuesday, 29 September, 2020 - 16:38

    SpaceX Nasa Crew Demo 2 6

    De nombreuses missions spatiales d'importance rythment l'année 2020. Certaines sont déjà passées, d'autres sont à venir. Voici celles qui méritent d'être suivies avec attention. [Lire la suite]

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      Boeing hid design flaws in 737 Max jets from pilots and regulators

      Financial Times · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 16 September, 2020 - 14:32 · 1 minute

    A Boeing 737 MAX jet lands following a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington on June 29, 2020. A congressional report found a "disturbing pattern of technical miscalculations and troubling management misjudgments made by Boeing"with regard to the 737 Max.

    Enlarge / A Boeing 737 MAX jet lands following a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington on June 29, 2020. A congressional report found a "disturbing pattern of technical miscalculations and troubling management misjudgments made by Boeing"with regard to the 737 Max. (credit: Jason Redmond | Getty Images)

    Boeing hid design flaws in its 737 Max jet from both pilots and regulators as it raced to have the airplane certified as fit to fly, according to a damning congressional report into why two of the aircraft crashed within months of each other last year, killing 346 people.

    The report by the US House of Representatives transport committee found the US aircraft maker cut corners and pressured regulators to overlook aspects of its new design in its attempts to catch up with European rival Airbus. It also accused US regulators of being too concerned with pleasing the company to exercise proper oversight.

    The report said: “[The two crashes] were the horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing’s engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing’s management, and grossly insufficient oversight by the [Federal Aviation Administration]—the pernicious result of regulatory capture on the part of the FAA with respect to its responsibilities to perform robust oversight of Boeing and to ensure the safety of the flying public.

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