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NASA and Boeing will present an replace in regards to the Starliner capsule’s ongoing astronaut mission right this moment (July 24), and you may watch it dwell.
The mission, known as Crew Flight Take a look at (CFT), launched on June 5, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams towards the Worldwide House Station (ISS) for a deliberate weeklong keep.
Starliner suffered thruster issues and helium leaks throughout its journey to the orbiting lab, nonetheless, and the capsule stays docked to the ISS whereas mission staff members look into the problems.Â
We’ll get the most recent data throughout right this moment’s press convention, which begins at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT). You possibly can watch it dwell right here at House.com, courtesy of NASA.
The press convention could have two individuals: Steve Stich, supervisor of NASA’s Industrial Crew Program, and Mark Nappi, vice chairman and supervisor of Boeing’s Industrial Crew Program.
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NASA and Boeing engineers just lately wrapped up some hot-fire testing with a Starliner thruster on the White Sands Take a look at Facility in New Mexico — work that will probably be mentioned throughout right this moment’s briefing.
“The take a look at sequence concerned firing the engine via related in-flight situations the spacecraft skilled throughout its method to the house station, in addition to varied stress-case firings for what is predicted throughout Starliner’s undocking and the deorbit burn that can place the spacecraft for a touchdown within the southwestern United States,” NASA officers stated in an announcement.
NASA and Boeing haven’t but introduced a goal undocking date for CFT, which is Starliner’s first crewed flight.
Boeing developed Starliner underneath a multibillion-dollar contract awarded by NASA’s Industrial Crew Program in 2014.
SpaceX inked the same deal at the moment, for work on a crewed variant of its Dragon capsule. Elon Musk’s firm launched astronauts to the ISS for the primary time in Could 2020, on a take a look at flight often known as Demo-2. SpaceX is now in the midst of its eighth operational, long-duration crewed mission to the orbiting lab for NASA.Â