Boeing Starliner’s CFT (crewed flight check) is delayed once more. They’re now focusing on no sooner than Could twenty first which is a push by one other 4 days.
There’s a helium leak within the spacecraft.
Starliner will launch atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on Florida’s Space Coast. The Could 21 launch is scheduled for 4:43 p.m. EDT
Boeing Starliner’s CFT is delayed once more!
Now focusing on no sooner than Could twenty first which is a push by one other 4 days.
Purpose: A helium leak within the spacecraft.
Think about the Astronaut voices on the radio… jk!!! I hope they’re going to repair the entire points earlier than the launch! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/lKJ2WHdYAT
— What about it!? (@FelixSchlang) May 14, 2024
On Could 11, the ULA group efficiently changed a strain regulation valve on the liquid oxygen tank on the Atlas V rocket’s Centaur higher stage. The group additionally carried out re-pressurization and system purges, and examined the brand new valve, which carried out usually.
Starliner groups are working to resolve a small helium leak detected within the spacecraft’s service module traced to a flange on a single response management system thruster. Helium is utilized in spacecraft thruster methods to permit the thrusters to fireside and isn’t flamable or poisonous.
NASA and Boeing are growing spacecraft testing and operational options to deal with the problem. As part of the testing, Boeing will convey the propulsion system as much as flight pressurization simply because it does previous to launch, after which permit the helium system to vent naturally to validate current information and strengthen flight rationale. Mission groups additionally accomplished a radical evaluation of the information from the Could 6 launch try and will not be monitoring every other points.
The Atlas V and Starliner stay within the Vertical Integration Facility at House Launch Advanced-41 on Cape Canaveral House Drive Station in Florida.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, nonetheless in preflight quarantine, returned to Houston on Could 10 to spend further time with their households as prelaunch operations progress. The duo will fly again to NASA’s Kennedy House Heart in Florida within the coming days.
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