Boeing’s first Starliner flight with a human crew on board successfully launched into space about a month later atop United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. originally planned start. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams Entered the Starliner capsule and complete due diligence by 10:08 a.m. ET. Less than 30 minutes after the astronauts entered the capsule, CEO ULA he tweeted said the company was “working on an issue with ground-side valve filling” and had a fix through the Software Integration Laboratory (SIL) before it went live. In the end, ULA succeeded implement the solutionand the spacecraft lifted off at 10:52 a.m. ET.
On May 6, the companies cleared the flight two hours after the flight was scheduled to begin after ground crews detected anomalous behavior by a pressure control valve in the Centaur liquid oxygen tank of the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle’s upper stage. ” The valve was replaced and the Starliner crew was ready to make another launch attempt when they ran into another problem: They found a “small helium leak” in the spacecraft’s service module.
Astronauts begin to enter #Starliner — take their seats on the spaceship. The teams will assist with a number of checks, including umbilical cording, communication checks and suit checks. The astronauts will also inspect the spacecraft so that they are ready for takeoff. pic.twitter.com/aGfZoq9oPd
— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) June 1, 2024
NASA and Boeing had to delay the Starliner’s launch date to investigate the leak and figure out how it would affect flight. They are at the end is defined that it does not pose a threat to the security of the mission, so they is planned A spin attempt for June 1. So was last week’s release rubbed last minute due to “the computer not booting into the correct operating configuration after switching to the terminal number of the launch sequencer”.
In addition to the NASA astronauts, the Starliner flew 760 pounds of cargo, including 300 pounds of food and other supplies required by the crew currently aboard the International Space Station. Wilmore and Williams will spend eight days on the ISS conducting tests to determine if the Starliner is ready for regular flights to the orbiting laboratory. If the mission is successful, it will be, NASA said start the final process “Certification of Starliner and its systems for crewed orbital missions to the space station.”
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