Boeing's Starliner Test Flight Postponed Again

TapTechNews May 23rd news, after years of delays, technical problems and two unmanned flight demonstrations (one failed in 2019 and the other succeeded in 2022), the test flight of Boeing's Starliner has been postponed again.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that due to a valve malfunction in the Atlas V rocket, the test flight plan of the Boeing Starliner aircraft has been postponed again, and now the goal is to conduct the test flight no earlier than June 1.

Because engineers need more time to assess the helium leak problem in the propulsion system of the Starliner, the company's first manned flight plan originally scheduled for May 25 will be postponed again.

According to the potential test flight date provided by local officials in Cameron County, Texas earlier this week, the launch of Boeing Strainer may occur simultaneously with the launch of SpaceX's Starship in Texas.

As far as TapTechNews knows, this flight of Boeing Strainer will be part of NASA's Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission. At that time, NASA astronauts Butch Willmore and Sunita Williams will take the Strainer to the International Space Station to carry out their first manned flight.