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After launching on the fifth, thirteenth → 18th → twenty second → twenty sixth →?… This time, the precise date is just not specified.
Boeing Starliner area capsule launched
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(San Francisco = Yonhap Information) Reporter Kim Tae-jong = The return to Earth of the US Boeing area capsule ‘CST-100 Starliner’ (Starliner) has been postponed once more.
The Nationwide Aeronautics and Area Administration (NASA) introduced in a weblog publish late at evening on the twenty first (native time) that that they had canceled the return of Starliner, which was postponed till the twenty sixth.
NASA defined that additional technical research are wanted for the Starliner to return to Earth from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS).
“NASA and Boeing officers are altering the schedule for the return to Earth of Starliner’s crewed flight check spacecraft,” NASA stated.
That is the fourth time the return of Starliner has been postponed. Nevertheless, in contrast to earlier cancellations, NASA has not specified a return date this time.
Consequently, Barry Butch Wilmore (61) and Sunni Williams (58), NASA astronauts aboard the Starliner, spent for much longer in area than the initially deliberate 8 days.
NASA defined that the ISS is stuffed with meals and different supplies to maintain astronauts for greater than 4 months.
Starliner was launched on the fifth and docked with the ISS a day in a while the sixth.
Nevertheless, on the ninth, NASA postponed the return of Starliner till the 18th, and on the 14th, they introduced that it will postpone it once more till the twenty second, however then postponed it one other 4 days.
Throughout its flight to the ISS after its preliminary launch, Starliner had 4 helium leaks and issues with a few of its propulsion thrusters not working. A fifth helium leak occurred whereas the Starliner was docked on the ISS.
The helium leak used within the capsule’s thruster launch additionally grew to become an issue throughout the Starliner launch try final month, ensuing within the launch schedule being canceled a number of instances.
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