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Second Docked Starliner Hot Fire Test Completed by NASA, Boeing

All Tested Thrusters Performed Nominally During the Test

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Tom Patton
Jul 31, 2024
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Engineering teams with NASA and Boeing completed a hot fire test of the Starliner spacecraft’s reaction control system jets on July 27 to evaluate the spacecraft’s propulsion system. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, assigned to the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, were seated inside the docked spacecraft during the test as part of prepa…

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