Will Boeing's Starliner Launch Crew Before 2025?

Back when Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was first being developed, the company was aiming for the first crewed flight test to occur in 2017. Now 6 years later, this mission is still yet to happen, and new delays are being announced. Most recently, the launch scheduled for March 2024, was just delayed at least another month to no earlier than the middle of April 2024.

This joins a long list of recent delays that have pushed the launch back from early this year to the middle of 2024. Currently, Boeing is still working on fixing the crew capsule after discovering a few issues related to flammable tape and parachute safety margins. Once fixed, assuming no other issues are found, the spacecraft will launch two humans to the International Space Station before returning home.

Unfortunately for Boeing, these delays hurt the program in more ways than one. Besides charges adding up to over $1 billion from NASA, the company is also missing out on a lot of crew launch contracts that SpaceX by default is winning. Here I will go more in-depth into the new delay, current Starliner progress, what this means for SpaceX’s Dragon, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Additional Delays
3:43 - SpaceX Dragon