(Bloomberg) — Boeing Co.’s unmanned CST-100 Starliner spacecraft failed to reach the International Space Station on its debut flight, dealing a new blow to the crisis-ridden aerospace giant and heaping uncertainty on NASA’s plan to ferry U.S. astronauts on American-made spacecraft.About 50 minutes after liftoff Friday, the Starliner was reported out of position to begin its orbital insertion burn, the last boost into an orbit so it could dock at the space station.Because of that anomaly, “the spacecraft burned more fuel than anticipated to maintain precise control. This precluded @Space_Station rendezvous,” Jim Bridenstine, head of the the National Aeronautics and …read more
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