Boeing’s most anticipated Starliner mission which was presupposed to take Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams to the Worldwide House Station has been postponed. In line with a current put up by NASA, the mission has been postponed due a defective oxygen aid valve on the second stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft was set to launch for the primary time with crew Sunita Williams and Butch.
Notably, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was scheduled to depart at 10:34 pm native time on Might 6 (8:04 am on Might 7 worldwide time) from the Cape Canaveral House Pressure Station in Florida.
The launch would have marked the primary crewed take a look at flight of the Starliner.Â
NASA’s put up on X platform(previously Twitter) stated, “At present’s Starliner launch is scrubbed as groups consider an oxygen aid valve on the Centaur Stage on the Atlas V. Our astronauts have exited Starliner and can return to crew quarters.”Â
The mission is now focused no sooner than Friday, Might 10. In line with a NASA weblog, “NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) are focusing on no sooner than Friday, Might 10, for the launch of the company’s Boeing Crew Flight Check to the Worldwide House Station, pending decision of the technical problem that prevented the Might 6 launch try.”
At present’s #Starliner launch is scrubbed as groups consider an oxygen aid valve on the Centaur Stage on the Atlas V. Our astronauts have exited Starliner and can return to crew quarters. For updates, watch our reside protection: https://t.co/plfuHQtv4l
— NASA (@NASA) Might 7, 2024
After its house launch, the Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to move its inaugural astronaut crew to the Worldwide House Station. The crew contains Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, each skilled U.S. Navy take a look at pilots and veteran astronauts who’ve spent important time aboard the Worldwide House Station in earlier missions. This upcoming Starliner mission is anticipated to final roughly per week on the orbiting house station.
