There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch, “abort” and “scrub.” As Starship’s orbital test flight gets closer, it may take multiple attempts to get Booster 7 and Ship 24 off the ground. If so, it wouldn’t be the first super-heavy launch vehicle to experience issues before and/or during flight. Here’s a look at some of the aborts across history, some of which could happen during a Starship launch attempt.
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May on the station: Starliner’s ISS debut, research, and spacesuit troubleshooting
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A day into its OFT-2 mission, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft arrived at the International Space…
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Nine months after valve issues caused its previous launch attempt to be scrubbed, Boeing’s Starliner…
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NASA, Boeing, and ULA teams, along with international partners, have finished the agency Flight Readiness…
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NASA and Boeing testing valves to confirm root cause of Starliner issues
by Joseph NavinOn Tuesday, a joint teleconference between NASA and Boeing officials was held on the current…
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Boeing has scrubbed Tuesday’s planned launch of their Starliner spacecraft on its second uncrewed Orbital…
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NASA and Boeing have finished the agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the second Orbital…
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ULA, Boeing, and NASA prepare for uncrewed and crewed Starliner flight tests
United Launch Alliance (ULA), Boeing, and NASA have all started their final preparations for the…
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A joint NASA and Boeing team has completed their “high visibility close call” review into…
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As world leaders grapple and struggle to control the coronavirus pandemic which leads to the…
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Carried by her mothership VMS Eve, Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity has arrived at Spaceport America…
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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has made significant progress in recent months towards its first crewed…
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After a gorgeous and 100% successful launch atop the Atlas V rocket from United Launch…
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Boeing, ULA launches Starliner, suffers orbital insertion issue – will return home Sunday
A moment nearly ten years in the making. After receiving a formal development award on…
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At the White Sands Missile Range proving grounds in New Mexico, Boeing has conducted a…
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is preparing for two major flight tests before the end of the…
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Just a few days from the thirtieth anniversary of Apollo 11, the mission that landed…
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NASA notes Starliner’s excellent progress toward Orbital Flight Test launch
During Tuesday’s NASA Advisory Council (NAC) meeting, Commercial Crew Program manager Kathy Lueders briefed the…
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In what has largely been an open secret for several weeks, NASA and Boeing formally…