Having arrived very close to the launch, the flight had to be canceled and could be postponed until Tuesday night (7)
It was close, very close. The two astronauts of NASAwhich would be aboard the Starliner spacecraft, from Boeing, they had to wait longer. The long-awaited mission, which would have launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, was canceled two hours before its scheduled time.
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Of today #Starliner launch is aborted while teams evaluate an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur Stage of Atlas V. Our astronauts have exited the Starliner and will return to the crew quarters. For updates, watch our live coverage: https://t.co/plfuHQtv4l
— NASA (@NASA) May 7, 2024
Due to an oxygen leak problem in a rocket valve, the launch was postponed and will probably be rescheduled for Tuesday night (7). Starliner was scheduled to inaugurate its first crewed test at 11.34pm (Brasilia time), directly from the Cape Canaveral Space Station, Florida, to the International Space Station (ISS).
“The engineering team assessed that the vehicle was not in the ideal configuration to continue the launch today,” a mission official warned on a live NASA television broadcast.
Crew
The two astronauts who will participate in the launch are Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, both former U.S. Navy test pilots and long-service astronaut veterans of the International Space Station. The goal is to bring them directly to the ISS, where the mission will have to spend seven days in the Station’s orbital complex.
The astronauts have begun entry #Starliner – taking a seat in the spaceship. They will undergo a series of checks, including umbilical connections, communications checks and suit checks. They will also carry out checks on the spacecraft so that they are ready for flight. pic.twitter.com/GsE2lEzJXa
— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) May 6, 2024
If the launch takes place, Wilmore and Williams will be the first crew to leave Cape Canaveral since the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. They will also be the first humans to fly into space aboard an Atals rocket since Gordon Cooper did so, in a Mercury Atlas. -9 in 1963.
Source: Boeing Space (Twitter)
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