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Feb82020 by adminNo Comments
Defective software could have doomed Boeing’s crew capsule

Defective software could have doomed Boeing’s crew capsule

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NASA says defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule during its first test flightBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterFebruary 8, 2020, 12:22 AM4 min readCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule during its first test flight, a botched trip that was cut short and never made it to the International Space Station, NASA and company officials said Friday. The Starliner capsule launched without astronauts in December, but its automatic timer was off by 11 hours, preventing the capsule from flying to the space station as planned. This software trouble — which left the capsule in the wrong orbit just after liftoff — set off a scramble to find more possible coding errors, Boeing officials said. Hours before the Starliner's scheduled touchdown...
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Sep142017 by adminNo Comments
The legacy of doomed NASA spacecraft Cassini

The legacy of doomed NASA spacecraft Cassini

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Greg Heffer, News ReporterNearly two decades after blasting off into space, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to end its long journey in a fiery suicide plunge.At around 12.55pm UK time on Friday, communication with the £2.5bn project will end when the spacecraft deliberately drives itself into Saturn.After seven years spent travelling to the ringed planet, Cassini has been investigating Saturn and its moons since 2004.Video:ESA animation shows Saturn probe's demiseWhat did it do?Between its launch from Cape Canaveral on 15 October 1997 until the completion of its journey to Saturn, Cassini performed two fly-bys of Venus before returning for a fly-by of Earth to pick up speed.It then travelled through the asteroid belt before teaming up with fellow spacecraft Galileo as it inspected Jupiter...
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