Boeing’s Starliner Crew Docks To ISS Despite Thruster Issue

Mark Carreau June 06, 2024

Starliner approaches the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner with two NASA astronauts managed a delayed docking to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6, a major objective of their Crew Flight Test (CFT), despite a malfunction of five of the spacecraft service module’s 28 reaction control system (RCS) thrusters. An...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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