On June 22, the Starliner ship I planned to return to the LandHowever, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), asked for more time and postponed this to early July. The capsule is attached to the International Space Station (ISS) since June 6.
From the American space agency confirmed that the astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore They will return in the week of June 26 to July 2. The delay is due to Technical failures that they are still trying to solve.
Why NASA delayed the return of the Starliner spacecraft
As confirmed by the US organization, they are working to solve helium leaks and problems with four Reaction System thrusters. “The extra time will allow the team to finalize egress planning and operations,” NASA said.
In addition, to bring peace of mind to the two astronauts, he indicated that the ship is prepared for “an emergency return of the crewwithin the flight rules”.
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The day Boeing launched the Starliner spacecraft.
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For their part, Williams and Wilmore prepared to be in space for 8 dayswhich is how long the mission would last, however, Failures in the ship prevented its return. When NASA gives the go-ahead, the astronauts They will leave the space station in the Starliner and land in the New Mexico desert by parachute.
The launch of the Starliner spacecraft
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft successfully lifted off on June 5. He left from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Stationin the state of Floridafor a stay of approximately one week in the orbital laboratory.
With this, the NASA seeks to certify Boeing as a second commercial operator to transport its crews to the ISS. Until now the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsuleElon Musk’s company, is the only vehicle of the US space agency to send crew members to the ISS into orbit from the US.
