NASA, Boeing, and ULA are preparing for the Boeing Crew Flight Test to theInternational Space Station, targeting a launch date of May 21. ULA successfully replaced a valve on the Atlas V rocket, while Starliner teams are addressing a helium leak in the service module. In preparation for NASA...
It comes after the launch of Starliner was delayed several times. The crewed flight test was tentatively scheduled for May 6, but was scrubbed after a problem with an oxygen valve on the ULA rocket. A new launch date had been set for May 25, but a small helium leak was discovered in ...
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's Starliner sits at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on May 7, 2024.Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Starliner is designed to carry a seven-person crew, but ...
Wilmore and Williams will remain quarantined in Houston as prelaunch operations progress. They will fly back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida closer to the new launch date. The duo is the first to launch aboard Starliner to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew...
— Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson)May 7, 2024 The scrub is a big disappointment for the crew and launch team, though once the issue has been resolved, a new date for liftoff should be able to be arranged without too much delay. Commentators on the live stream suggested that another launch ...
United Launch Alliance While docked at the station, valves are closed to isolate the helium system, eliminating any additional leakage. But once Wilmore and Williams depart and head for home, the valves will be re-opened to repressurize the lines, or manifolds. Stich said that even with the...
"We need to probably decide likely in the middle of August one path or the other to go ahead and meet the launch date for Crew-9" on Sept. 24, he added. Editor's note: This article was updated on Aug. 7 at 3:25 p.m. ET to include new quotes and information ...
the agency says they’ll have to wait until late March at the earliest. The change is due to a delay in the launch of NASA’s Crew-10 mission, which was pushed back to allow engineers more processing time for a new Dragon spacecraft. The vehic...
By William Harwood Updated on: May 5, 2024 / 7:50 PM EDT / CBS News Years behind schedule and more than a billion dollars over budget, Boeing's Starliner capsule is finally poised for its first piloted launch Monday, a critical test flight carrying two veteran astronauts to...
“We’ve got a prescribed landing date that goes along with this launch date, but I just want to emphasize that nobody should get too excited about that date,” said Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate.“We have to have a lot of conditions...