Už minulý týden v úterý měl CST-100 Starliner letět k Mezinárodní vesmírné stanici ve svém značně opožděném testu, díky kterému se Boeing měl posunout už do závěrečné fáze příprav pro lety s astronauty. Nestalo se tak.
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Russia will launch the country s only female cosmonaut into space in 2022.
This comes as Russia announces its intention of leaving the International Space Station (ISS) to construct its own national next-generation orbital service station.
According to Sputnik News, Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin has instructed the cosmonaut training center to include Anna Kikina in one of the upcoming Soyuz crews scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in 2022. A decision will be made soon on whether she will be included in a spring or fall crew of next year, sources told Sputnik News.
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NASA along with Boeing announced that it targets to launch the second uncrewed flight test of Starliner no earlier than March 25 under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The agency states that Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), is a very critical milestone, which will ultimately lead to the company flying crew missions for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS). Also Read - Starlink satellite broadband service faces challenge in India, Elon Musk led company questioned
The agency claims that the target launch date has been enabled due to a lot of things lining up just right. These things include an opening on the Eastern Range, availability of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, steady progress on hardware and software, and an ISS docking opportunity. Also Read - SpaceX Starlink broadband India pre-registration begins: What is it, prices, internet speeds