First manned flight of Boeing spacecraft postponed again

The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner area pill to the International Space Station (ISS), which changed into originally scheduled to take area in July, has been postponed once more because of two technical issues.

The postponement because of the issues these days discovered was announced on Wednesday by using the American aviation large and NASA.

For example, there could be a first problem with the parachutes which might be used to gradual down the pill on its return to Earth. Part of the relationship between the pill and the parachute itself turned out to be more fragile than expected.

The 2nd trouble issues the adhesive tape used to wrap the electric cables in the capsule. It became out to be flammable and could pose a chance below sure occasions.

“We had to stop arrangements to accurate the issues,” said Boeing’s Mark Nappi. According to Nappi, it's far nonetheless “viable” to operate the flight this 12 months. There is no clarity approximately a new date.

The manned check flight will bring  NASA astronauts — Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams — who will possibly spend about eight days on the ISS. If that challenge succeeds, operational flights can be commenced.