A software problem on Friday caused the capsule to fail to attain the orbit needed to rendezvous with the space station, another unwelcome engineering black eye for Boeing in a year that has seen corporate crisis over the grounding of itsOfficials from the aerospace company and NASA breathed sighs of relief following the landing, a highly challenging feat.
“We’re going to get I think a lot more data than we would have gotten if the test had gone according to plan,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. After the Starliner capsule was launched from Florida on Friday, an automated timer error prevented it from attaining the right orbit to meet and dock with the space station. Chilton said the timer was running 11 hours ahead, which caused the spacecraft to burn fuel too quickly.Starliner’s three main parachutes deployed just over one mile from the Earth’s surface on Sunday after enduring intense heat from the violent re-entry through the atmosphere, plummeting at 25 times the speed of sound.
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