Starliner Launch Abort Engine Leak Traced To Valve Fault

Irene Klotz July 31, 2018
Credit: Irene Klotz/Aviation Week
CAPE CANAVERAL—Boeing has tracked down the cause of a propellant leak during a hot-fire test of the CST-100 Starliner launch abort engines and is moving ahead with an unmanned Starliner flight test in five to six months while it implements a repair plan ahead of pad abort and crew flight tests in...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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