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Stuck in space? NASA, Boeing and the Starliner Crisis - IEEE SpectrumIEEE.orgIEEE Xplore Digital LibraryIEEE StandardsMore SitesSign InJoin IEEE“Stuck in Space”? Boeing Starliner’s Lessons for NASAShareFOR THE TECHNOLOGY INSIDERSearch: Explore by topicAerospaceArtificial IntelligenceBiomedicalClimate TechComputingConsumer ElectronicsEnergyHistory of TechnologyRoboticsSemiconductorsTelecommunicationsTransportationIEEE SpectrumFOR THE TECHNOLOGY INSIDERTopicsAerospaceArtificial IntelligenceBiomedicalClimate TechComputingConsumer ElectronicsEnergyHistory of TechnologyRoboticsSemiconductorsTelecommunicationsTransportationSectionsFeaturesNewsOpinionCareersDIYEngineering ResourcesMoreNewslettersPodcastsSpecial ReportsCollectionsExplainersTop Programming LanguagesRobots Guide ↗IEEE Job Site ↗For IEEE MembersCurrent IssueMagazine ArchiveThe InstituteThe Institute ArchiveFor IEEE MembersCurrent IssueMagazine ArchiveThe InstituteThe Institute ArchiveIEEE SpectrumAbout UsContact UsReprints & Permissions ↗Advertising ↗Follow IEEE SpectrumSupport IEEE SpectrumIEEE Spectrum is the flagship publication of the IEEE — the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences. Our articles, podcasts, and infographics inform our readers about developments in technology, engineering, and science.Join IEEESubscribeAbout IEEEContact & SupportAccessibilityNondiscrimination PolicyTermsIEEE Privacy PolicyCookie PreferencesAd Privacy Options© Copyright 2024 IEEE — All rights reserved. A not-for-profit organization, IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Enjoy more free content and benefits by creating an account Saving articles to read later requires an IEEE Spectrum account The Institute content is only available for members Downloading full PDF issues is exclusive for IEEE Members Downloading this e-book is exclusive for IEEE Members Access to Spectrum 's Digital Edition is exclusive for IEEE Members Following topics is a feature exclusive for IEEE Members Adding your response to an article requires an IEEE Spectrum account Create an account to access more content and features on IEEE Spectrum , including the ability to save articles to read later, download Spectrum Collections, and participate in conversations with readers and editors. For more exclusive content and features, consider Joining IEEE . Join the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences and get access to all of Spectrum’s articles, archives, PDF downloads, and other benefits. Learn more about IEEE → Join the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences and get access to this e-book plus all of IEEE Spectrum’s articles, archives, PDF downloads, and other benefits. Learn more about IEEE →CREATE AN ACCOUNTSIGN INJOIN IEEESIGN INCloseAccess Thousands of Articles — Completely Free Create an account and get exclusive content and features: Save articles, download collections, and talk to tech insiders — all free! For full access and benefits, join IEEE as a paying member. CREATE AN ACCOUNTSIGN INAerospaceNews “Stuck in Space”? Boeing Starliner’s Lessons for NASA What it means for U.S. space station plans, and destinations beyondNed Potter04 Sep 20245 min readBoeing Starliner on its one previous visit to the International Space Station, a test flight without a crew in May 2022. NASA Kenneth Bowersox knows something about not being able to come back from orbit. In 2003 he was on the International Space Station when the space shuttle Columbia was destroyed on its return to Earth. Seven of his astronaut colleagues died that day—and his ride home, which was supposed to be on the next shuttle, was canceled.“When you’re up here this long, you can’t just bottle up your emotions,” he said from the station a week after the Columbia accident. “Each of us had a chance to shed some tears.” No shuttles flew for two years. Bowersox and his two crewmates, Donald Pettit and the Russian Nikolai Budarin, returned to Earth in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, their stay lengthened by about two months.Twenty years later, Bowersox is right in the middle of the drawn-out drama over the Boeing Starliner. As NASA’s chief of space operations, he led the team that had to decide how to get Starliner’s two astronauts safely home after multiple failures on the way to the space station in early June. Five of the spacecraft’s 28 attitude thrusters overheated and went offline. Helium leaks sprang up. Teflon seals were apparently distended. Starliner’s crew remained on the station while NASA struggled to understand the physics of the problems.“I would say that we’ve had a lot of tense discussions,” said Bowersox on 24 August, after NASA said it would bring the Boeing capsule back empty, and land the astronauts—probably next Fe

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