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More Starliner thruster tests planned
Posted: Sat, Jul 27, 2024, 12:24 PM ET (1624 GMT)
NASA and Boeing plan more thruster tests before allowing the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to return from the International Space Station. At a briefing Thursday, officials said they plan to fire nearly all the reaction control system thrusters on Starliner this weekend while docked to the ISS to confirm they are still performing well. This comes after ground tests that sought to duplicate the flight profile of the vehicle to try to replicate the thruster issues Starliner experienced on its way to the ISS in June. NASA has not set a date for Starliner's return, but noted an agency-level review of the spacecraft, one of the last milestones before undocking, could take place as soon as the end of next week.
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