Boeing’s Starliner Enters Wrong Orbit, Won’t Dock with ISS
December 20th, 2019Via: Daily Mail:
Boeing’s new Starliner capsule won’t dock with the International Space Station on Saturday after launching into the wrong orbit just minutes after blasting off on its first test flight.
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said it burned more fuel than anticipated to maintain control which ‘precluded a space station rendezvous’.
The Starliner capsule went off course into the wrong orbit just minutes after blasting off on its first test flight – a crucial dress rehearsal for next year’s inaugural launch with astronauts.
