Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to wait for another day to fly to the International Space Station in an orbital capsule that has already faced years of costly technical delays.

NASA astronauts will have to wait until another day to launch to orbit in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. The planned launch was called off Monday night because of a problem in the Atlas V rocket that was to send them to space.

Engineers will work through the night to assess whether the two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, can get back on the launchpad on Tuesday, or if repairs will be needed that could delay the flight by at least several days.

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    A pressure regulator on the upper stage was rapidly cycling so they’re investigating.

    It’s worrying that the new dual-engine Centaur that was developed exclusively for Starliner is also having teething issues. I know they can’t use the proven single-engine Centaur because of abort-scenario reasons, but as the kids say, this ain’t a good look.