Boeing tested the emergency abort system on its Starliner spacecraft. It's a critical step before the Starliner goes on an unmanned test into orbit.
It was expected to be one of the last milestones that Boeing needs to reach before the spacecraft, Starliner, could be cleared to start flying humans — and Boeing deemed the test a success.But it did not go exactly as planned: Only two of the vehicle's three parachutes deployed. Boeing said in a statement that it's"too early to determine" what went wrong —"however, having two of three [parachutes] deploy successfully is acceptable for the test parameters and crew safety.
's Commercial Crew program manager, said in a statement that the space agency is"thrilled with the preliminary results" and the next step is"digging into the data and analyzing whether everything worked as we expected."
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