NASA and Boeing have postponed efforts to launch the 2-orbital test today, pushing the Starliner test to August because work continues at the International Space Station. The research platform that orbits unexpectedly flinched this week, after what was described as a software error caused the new Russian module to reach the driver.
Multipurpose Laboratory Module Roscosmos (MLM), named Nauka, has arrived in the ISS in the morning on Thursday, July 29. While the leak examination is being carried out between the nauka and the service module attached, the MLM drivers release accidentally. , Who moved the ISS from orientation.
“The crew was never and not in any danger,” NASA said in a statement, “and flight controllers at Mission Control Houston monitored the status of the space station.”
However, the spaceship added that it would monitor the situation and potential impact on the Boeing Starliner test which was originally intended to take place today, Friday, July 30. On Thursday, the Space Plane – Atop Atlas V Rocket – has been transferred to the launch site at Cape Canaveral. It seems like the possibility, today’s launch has been scratched.
“NASA and Boeing have chosen to withdraw from Friday launch efforts to test the second orbital flight (oft-2),” NASA confirmed. “At present, the earliest launch opportunity available is 1:20 PM EDT Tuesday, 3. August 3. The International Space Station Team will use time to continue checkout-checkout from Roscosmos in the new Multipurpose Laboratory (MLM) module and for Make sure the station will be ready for the arrival of Starliner. “
The actual launch date will be decided closer to the event itself, after the International Space Station and the commercial crew program team have the opportunity to find out what the ISS has been maintained. The OFT-2 mission came after Starliner failed to reach ISS in December 2019, triggering an investigation into the project. Since the investigation ends in mid 2020, Boeing has worked on the implementation of change and improvement.
The aim is to show that the Starliner can reach ISS, anchored safely, and then checked by an expedition of 65 onboard astronauts. There will be no crew on the spacecraft for Oft-2, although successfully completing the mission will pave the way for a wrecker flight. However, what might not happen up to 2022.
At present, NASA and Boeing assess whether Atlas V Rocket with Starliner Atop must be moved back to the vehicle integration facility. It will provide an extra weather protection rate, even though the vehicle assembled at this time is ready to fly and “does not require short-term services” before the scheduled launch effort, NASA said.
