Yes, at White Sands, using airbags to cushion when it parachutes down to landing.aggiehawg said:
Sorry for the dumb question but just heard it is supposed to "land" in New Mexico? Details?
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IIRC Starliner is the first American orbital capsule designed to land on land instead of in water.
Well…bye.
Cool views of @boeingspace Starliner backing away from ISS pic.twitter.com/zRSd01ldRQ
— Irene Klotz (@Free_Space) September 6, 2024
Is that a fake? Looks like stage lights have been setup behind it. Can anyone confirm its actually gone or is this the moon landing bs NASA pulled all over again?nortex97 said:
Well…bye.Cool views of @boeingspace Starliner backing away from ISS pic.twitter.com/zRSd01ldRQ
— Irene Klotz (@Free_Space) September 6, 2024
Project Gemini said:Is that a fake? Looks like stage lights have been setup behind it. Can anyone confirm its actually gone or is this the moon landing bs NASA pulled all over again?nortex97 said:
Well…bye.Cool views of @boeingspace Starliner backing away from ISS pic.twitter.com/zRSd01ldRQ
— Irene Klotz (@Free_Space) September 6, 2024
Jets of air are illuminated from ISS, the top left one has some shadow from Starliner.
Has it blowed up yet?
I haven't followed this week. Is it returning without the crew?
Yep, no crew
nortex97 said:
Well…bye.Cool views of @boeingspace Starliner backing away from ISS pic.twitter.com/zRSd01ldRQ
— Irene Klotz (@Free_Space) September 6, 2024
Are those leaks or thrusters?
Thrusters. Crew Dragon does the same thing, very complicated and frequent adjustments to make sure it is moving exactly away from the ISS keep-out zone.
n_touch said:nortex97 said:
Well…bye.Cool views of @boeingspace Starliner backing away from ISS pic.twitter.com/zRSd01ldRQ
— Irene Klotz (@Free_Space) September 6, 2024
Are those leaks or thrusters?
Can't they be both?
Deorbit burn starts on 11 minutes.
For those not watching, report good deorbit burn.
Successful burn. Now it's just gravity and heat shield.
where are y'all watching?
This is where I'm watching:
This is where I'm watching:
And parachute deployment. If I remember right 1 of the 3 didn't deploy last time.
The ISS was able to film the reentry. Really cool.
Three good chutes. Looked like everything went flawlessly. Good for them.
looks to be a good landing. Won't stay up for the press conference so will be excited to check back tomorrow morning to see all the update.
Congrats Boeing! Y'all needed this win! Glad the secondary and backup plans got the vehicle home safely. It is a robust system.
Let's get the bugs out of the primaries so we don't need the backups!
Let's get the bugs out of the primaries so we don't need the backups!
I'm glad they didn't put people in it.
Also glad it came back whole.
However it still needs to pass some tests with something failing and without leaks before they put people back in it.
Also glad it came back whole.
However it still needs to pass some tests with something failing and without leaks before they put people back in it.
Do we or will we know if the crew would have survived the ride?
By all measures it appears they would have survived with no issues.
Is this, like Apollo 13, now considered a successful failure?
Surely not, as the astronauts are still in space.
Much butt hurt at Boeing:
Just confirmed that there will be no Boeing representatives at the post-landing Starliner news conference. (John Shannon and Mark Nappi were originally supposed to be here). Asked NASA why. Response: "You'll have to ask them." So what's up @BoeingSpace?
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) September 7, 2024
Wow, talk about taking your ball and going home to pout.
All the Boeing managers had to do was smile, thank their engineering teams for the thorough and rapid testing and successful return, and then say they have a fix in work for the thrusters (whether true or not) and that they look forward to launching their next flight soon.OnlyForNow said:
Wow, talk about taking your ball and going home to pout.
Seriously, who runs Boeing's public relations?
PanzerAggie06 said:
Is this, like Apollo 13, now considered a successful failure?
Since NASA might likely require another test flight, at Boeing's expense, that could well kill the Starliner program I don't think there's much success to high five about.
Boeing is going to have to solve these thruster issues ASAP.
Kenneth_2003 said:PanzerAggie06 said:
Is this, like Apollo 13, now considered a successful failure?
Since NASA might likely require another test flight, at Boeing's expense, that could well kill the Starliner program I don't think there's much success to high five about.
Boeing is going to have to solve these thruster issues ASAP.
They could fix the issue, but the way they handled it and launched after they knew their were issues removes any trust you could have in them. Will be tough or impossible to earn the trust back.
Premium said:Kenneth_2003 said:PanzerAggie06 said:
Is this, like Apollo 13, now considered a successful failure?
Since NASA might likely require another test flight, at Boeing's expense, that could well kill the Starliner program I don't think there's much success to high five about.
Boeing is going to have to solve these thruster issues ASAP.
They could fix the issue, but the way they handled it and launched after they knew their were issues removes any trust you could have in them. Will be tough or impossible to earn the trust back.
Agreed. New CEO absolutely has his work cut out. Deep deep cultural issues that have got to be cut out or it will take them down.
Premium said:Kenneth_2003 said:PanzerAggie06 said:
Is this, like Apollo 13, now considered a successful failure?
Since NASA might likely require another test flight, at Boeing's expense, that could well kill the Starliner program I don't think there's much success to high five about.
Boeing is going to have to solve these thruster issues ASAP.
They could fix the issue, but the way they handled it and launched after they knew their were issues removes any trust you could have in them. Will be tough or impossible to earn the trust back.
That's the key issue. I'm a SpaceX fan but I do think it would be good to have multiple options to get into orbit. Boeing should definitely have had a few more uneventful unmanned ISS dockings before launching a crew, but they really showed their unprofessionalism and reckless side.
Until they replace their manned spaceflight management they have no business launching manned capsules. And then the new management team would have earn back that trust.
Looks like there were thruster failures on reentry
No idea how reliable this is
No idea how reliable this is
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The AI narration voice ought to be a giveaway. And it's not even a good one.Fightin_Aggie said:
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