Boeing Co's (BA.N) CST-100 Starliner
astronaut capsule had a successful launch for its first unmanned test mission, but what has been described as an automated timer error prevented the
spacecraft from attaining the correct orbit for it to rendezvous and dock with the space station.
The U.S. space agency is forming an investigative team to determine what caused the timer glitch and "any other software issues,"
NASA said.
NASA said it was weighing whether to make
Boeing repeat the test, which would likely cost tens of millions of dollars and add further delay, to show it can dock at the station successfully.