A new launch date had been set for May 25, but a small helium leak was discovered in the service module, which contains support systems and instruments for operating a spacecraft. Another launch set for June 2 was scrubbed minutes before it was due to begin "due to the computer ground la...
While unusual, the Crew Dragon was reported to be in good shape and ready to chase down the space station. A panel of some kind floats away from the Falcon 9 rocket after launch. March 14, 2025. NASA Given an on-time liftoff, the Crew Dragon will carry out an autonomous ...
It comes after the launch of Starliner was delayed several times. The crewed flight test was tentatively scheduled for May 6, but wasscrubbed after a problem with an oxygen valveon a rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA), which manufactures and operates the rockets that launch spa...
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. ...
NASA and Boeing managers decided the leak was too small to pose a safety threat and the ship was cleared for launch. Once in orbit and on the way to the space station, however,four more helium leaks developedand the Starliner's flight computer took seven maneuvering jets offline when the ...
NASA, Boeing, and United Launch Alliance scrubbed the launch opportunity on Monday, May 6 for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to theInternational Space Stationdue to a faulty oxygen relief valve observation on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Centaur second stage. ...
"It kind of needs to happen in about that timeframe to hit the spring [2025] slot," Stich said, referring to Starliner-1's expected launch date. NASA and Boeing managers will spend the intervening months examining the flight performance, to see if CFT's interim human rating certification ...
Program manager Steve Stich justified the decision, saying, “...there was just too much uncertainty in the prediction of the thrusters.” Before the spacecraft undocked, NASAtraceda series ofstrange soundsit had been emitting to an “audio configuration between the space station and Starliner....
NASA administrator Bill Nelson kicked off the news conference by marking the historic occasion of Starliner’s successful launch. “The first time that a human was launched into orbit on an American rocket was an Atlas V rocket,” Nelson said. “And now, here all these years later, we’ve...
Boeing Starliner astronauts’ latest return date NASA said on Tuesday that it may bring Wilmore and Williams home a couple weeks sooner, however, after opting to change the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule it will use to launch the Crew-10 mission. ...