Posted on May 21, 2022
Boeing finally docks a capsule to the space station
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With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing's astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station for the first time Friday, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts.
With Starliner's arrival, NASA finally realizes its longtime effort to have crew capsules from competing U.S. companies flying to the space station.
SpaceX already has a running start. Elon Musk's company pulled off the same test three years ago and has since launched 18 astronauts to the space station, as well as tourists.
"Today marks a great milestone," NASA astronaut Bob Hines radioed from the orbiting complex. "Starliner is looking beautiful on the front of the station," he added.
The only other time Boeing's Starliner flew in space, it never got anywhere near the station, ending up in the wrong orbit.
With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing's astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station for the first time Friday, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts.
With Starliner's arrival, NASA finally realizes its longtime effort to have crew capsules from competing U.S. companies flying to the space station.
SpaceX already has a running start. Elon Musk's company pulled off the same test three years ago and has since launched 18 astronauts to the space station, as well as tourists.
"Today marks a great milestone," NASA astronaut Bob Hines radioed from the orbiting complex. "Starliner is looking beautiful on the front of the station," he added.
The only other time Boeing's Starliner flew in space, it never got anywhere near the station, ending up in the wrong orbit.
Boeing finally docks a capsule to the space station
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SSG Michael Noll One of the Fun things about Visiting Granny Hazel, Granny Sandy's Mom, Watching Rockets Leave the Earth in Florida.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - I remember seeing the shuttle coming in at Biggs Army Airfield at Ft. Bliss back in the day brother Chip.
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Yeah, but they still don't provide free drinks for OCONUS flights. Ate a sh!tload of pretzels though.
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CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Just about anything is better than those "Box Lunches" that I got on "Space Available" Flights.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Now DC-9 Nightingale Flights. Hot Food and Leftovers that the Patients didn't want or eat. I'll do that Anyday. Swapping Sea Stories with a USAF Medic from London where I Once Lived.
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Boeing is the patron saint of delivery date fails and missed milestones.
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SrA Michele Burgman Yeah they Definitely have their Share of "Issues" and Then Some! LOL!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - was employed by Boeing for 13 years. Our program always got treated like the red-headed step-child.
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