The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, is preparing, together with Boeing, a new attempt to launch the Starliner spacecraft, for this Wednesday, June 5, at around 4:52 p.m. in Spain, from the Launch Complex Space 41 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida (USA).
In fact, this launch was planned for On June 1, however, the takeoff had to be canceled. after ULA (United Launch Alliance) technicians and engineers detected problems with ground support on the launch pad during the countdown.
Apparently, the ULA team identified a problem with one of the terrestrial power supplies inside one of the three chassis which are responsible for providing power to a subset of computer cards that are used to control various system functions.
This is very important because To ensure the safety of the crew, during the countdown, all three chassis have to be in perfect condition. Although no physical damage was observed last weekend, one of the chassis was removed for containing a defective ground power unit.
Mission managers have chosen this June 5 because the 45th Weather Squadron of the US Space Force predicts a 90% chance of favorable weather conditionsa crucial aspect for the launch.
NASA will provide coverage of the launch live starting at 12:45 Spanish peninsular time, from his website, his YouTube channel and NASA Television. In the hypothetical case that takeoff cannot be carried out today There is another opportunity available at 4:29 p.m. in Spain on Thursday, June 6.
Actually Boeing Starliner took off for the first time in May 2022although without a crew, and in the case of achieving takeoff lAstronauts Wilmore and Williams will become the first to travel aboard the Starliner spacecraft this Wednesdayas part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and will take approximately one week to the International Space Station.
