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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 weeks ago

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As a reminder, in September I wrote an op-ed article for @AirlineReporter which explained #Starliner test pilot astronauts Wilmore and Williams were not "stranded" like airline passengers stuck in an unfamiliar terminal. It was a significant schedule change. But they're senior astronauts. Both retired from the US Navy at the rank of Captain. All astronauts make contingency plans for longer stays on orbit. They knew how to work as space station crew. https://spacey.space/@AstroHawk/113079672536029751 #NASA #Crew9

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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"NASA Adjusts Crew-10 Launch Date" by NASA (mirror bot @nasa ) - 1 month delay in #Crew10 launch due to commissioning work on a new #SpaceX #CrewDragon spacecraft from the Hawthorne factory. So #Crew9 return (including 2 #Starliner test pilots who launched in June) is delayed from February to March so outgoing Crew-9 can update incoming Crew-10. https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2024/12/17/nasa-adjusts-crew-10-launch-date/#NASA #CommercialCrew

article overview screenshot "NASA Adjusts Crew-10 Launch Date" by NASA Commercial Crew program

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 2 months ago

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"NASA & SpaceX Update Crew-10 Launch, Crew-9 Return Dates" by NASA Commercial Crew - #NASA changed plans for #Crew10 launch to ISS to use #SpaceX #CrewDragon Endurance rather than a brand new still-unnamed spacecraft which requires more time for commissioning. Now targeting launch March 10, weeks earlier than previous plan. #Crew9 including the two Boeing #Starliner test pilots will return within a week after 10's arrival at ISS. https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2025/02/11/nasa-spacex-update-crew-10-launch-crew-9-return-dates/ #space

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 weeks ago

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"NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9: Crew Preparing for Splashdown" by #NASA Space Station blog - #SpaceX #CrewDragon "Freedom" with #Crew9 astronauts and #Starliner test pilots is de-orbiting for return to Earth. Splashdown is planned 1757 Eastern Time off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2025/03/18/nasas-spacex-crew-9-crew-preparing-for-splashdown/#NewSpace

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 8 months ago

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#NASA experts still aren’t certain why the thrusters suddenly stopped working. After recording some $1.6 billion in cost overruns, #Boeing seems unlikely to ever make money on #Starliner. #CFO Brian West told investors that the company had a decision to make about future investment in the program after it fulfills its obligations to NASA for a half-dozen flights to the #ISS. https://fortune.com/2024/08/25/boeings-ceo-kelly-ortberg-starliner-writedown-nasa-spacex-cash-reserves/

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 7 months ago

#Boeing’s space and defense chief exits. Boeing's #shares have lost about 41% 📉 so far this year https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-defense-head-ted-colbert-leave-2024-09-20/

#Starliner

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 6 months ago

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#Boeing is exploring a sale of #Starliner, but excludes the unit building #NASA's #SLS. The company's new #CEO said he wants Boeing "doing less and doing it better" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-explores-sale-its-space-business-wsj-reports-2024-10-25/

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 7 months ago

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#NASA’s inspector general pegged #CrewDragon’s cost per seat at $55M 💵 and #Starliner’s cost per seat at $90M 💵 💵 https://payloadspace.com/starliner-by-the-numbers-payload-research

#LaunchCost #SpaceX #Boeing

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 7 months ago

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#Starliner

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · last month

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#Boeing said it lost $523M on #Starliner in 📆 2024, pushing the total losses to just over $2B. The $4.2B fixed-price contract with #NASA to develop Starliner means Boeing has to pay for overruns https://payloadspace.com/boeing-starliner-losses-top-2b-and-counting

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 7 months ago

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"The future of Boeing’s crewed spaceflight program is muddy after #Starliner’s return" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - #Boeing no-showed post-landing news conference. Now questions swirl if they'll continue in #NASA Commercial Crew program. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/the-future-of-boeings-crewed-spaceflight-program-is-muddy-after-starliners-return/ #StarlinerCFT

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 7 months ago

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"Navy captains don’t like abandoning ship—but with #Starliner, the ship left them" by @arstechnica / @StephenClark1 - Wilmore & Williams became #NASA astronauts as US Navy test pilots. They test-flew #Starliner, sent it down empty as ordered. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/navy-captains-dont-like-abandoning-ship-but-with-starliner-the-ship-left-them/ #StarlinerCFT

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 7 months ago

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"Stuck-in-space astronauts reflect on being left behind and adjusting to life in orbit" by AP / Marcia Dunn - #NASA test pilot astronauts Wilmore & Williams adjusted to longer stay in space, unsettled at #Boeing #Starliner leaving without them https://apnews.com/article/stuck-astronauts-boeing-starliner-nasa-1933b64f91ba06713e57446e2dbee1c4 #StarlinerCFT

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 6 months ago

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"#NASA Nearly Bet It All on Boeing’s Troubled #Starliner—Here’s Why That Changed" by @Gizmodo / @RabiePassant - #CommercialCrew contract was almost awarded solely to #Boeing, if not for #SpaceX's willingness to test crew escape system in flight https://gizmodo.com/nasa-nearly-bet-it-all-on-boeings-troubled-starliner-heres-why-that-changed-2000504311 #StarlinerCFT

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 6 months ago

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"#Boeing Takes Another $250 Million Charge for #Starliner" by @SpacePolicyOnline - Big number but small portion of losses in Boeing quarterly financial results. New CEO Ortberg sets expectations of more spending to improve course. https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/boeing-takes-another-250-million-charge-for-starliner/#CommercialCrew #StarlinerCFT

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 months ago

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The pace of #space launches has reached the point that lots of stuff is always happening. But some things don't go as planned. @LiveScience was able to make a Top 10 list of mishaps in space in 2024. #Starliner figures prominently on the list. But also 3 #Falcon9 groundings, #Starship explosions, and misc probes and rovers. https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/10-times-space-missions-went-very-wrong-in-2024 #NewSpace #NASA #SpaceX #Boeing