Boeing is a major American aerospace company that operates in the space industry through its Defense, Space & Security division. It designs, manufactures, and sells space systems, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets, for both commercial and military applications. Boeing is a key partner with NASA, contributing to programs like the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the development of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for crewed missions to low Earth orbit.
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Boeing received a $4,200,000,000 fixed-price contract from NASA in 2014 to develop and operate the CST-100 Starliner.
Boeing scrubbed a planned OFT-2 launch attempt in early August when valves in the spacecraft’s propulsion system failed to open.
Boeing is taking an additional $185,000,000 charge against its earnings to cover costs to get its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle flying again.
Boeing recorded the additional $185,000,000 charge on 2021-10-27 in its second quarter financial results.
SpiceJet will offer Global Xpress passenger inflight connectivity to its customers later 2021 when it introduces new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Boeing will provide a science module for Orbital Reef and supply its CST-100 Starliner crew vehicle while handling station operations, maintenance, and engineering.
Sierra Nevada competed for a CCtCap contract in 2014 with its Dream Chaser lifting-body vehicle and lost to Boeing and SpaceX.
NASA awarded Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contracts to Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 to cover final development, certification, and up to six post-certification operational missions to the International Space Station.
NASA continues to support Boeing as the company works to resolve a valve problem with its CST-100 Starliner that will push back operational missions into 2023.
Boeing took a $410,000,000 charge against earnings in January 2020 related to OFT-2.
Boeing sought launch opportunities in the first half of 2022 for OFT-2, subject to investigation progress, spacecraft repairs, launch vehicle availability, and docking-port availability on the International Space Station.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner uncrewed OFT-2 test flight was postponed while ULA and NASA worked to accommodate the Lucy launch.
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner experienced a launch scrub due to stuck valves in its propulsion system, delaying its second uncrewed test flight well into next year.
Boeing worked for a year and a half to correct software problems that cut short the first uncrewed test flight, called Orbital Flight Test (OFT), in December 2019.
Boeing is exploring corrective actions like preventing moisture ingress into the valves and the duration nitrogen tetroxide remains in the system.
Boeing is 75% through developing an extensive fault tree to analyze the stuck valves.
Boeing is investigating the cause of 13 valves that stuck in the closed position during the Starliner mission.
Boeing anticipates that the next launch attempt for Starliner might not occur until as late as mid-2022.
Boeing is weighing options ranging from repairing the service module to completely replacing it with the one built for the Crew Flight Test mission.
Boeing is considering adding heaters to the valves to mitigate issues related to NTO and moisture interactions.