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Boeing Delays First Starliner Mission To ISS By Six Months; ULA Unveils Aeroskirt

Pat Host

Thursday, October 13th, 2016

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Boeing Delays First Starliner Mission To ISS By Six Months; ULA Unveils Aeroskirt

An Atlas 5 with its aeroskirt to be used with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule displayed. Photo: NASA.

Boeing [BA] delayed by roughly six months its first human mission to the International Space Station with its CST-100 Starliner capsule as well as a number of key tests.Boeing spokesman Bill Barksdale said Wednesday the company moved "post certification mission 1,” or the first human mission to ISS, to December 2018 while “post certification mission 2” was moved to January 2019. Barksdale also said the pad abort test was postponed to January 2018, the orbital flight test to June 2018…

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