Boeing delays key uncrewed test flight to ISS
published : 4 Aug 2021 at 07:45 This NASA photo shows an United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on top
WASHINGTON: Boeing delayed an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday over a propulsion issue, pushing back by at least a day a key test it last attempted in 2019.
The spaceship had been due to launch on an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida early in the afternoon.
But just over two hours before lift-off, the company tweeted it was scrubbing the flight.
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Boeing delayed an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday over a propulsion issue, pushing back by at least a day a key test it last attempted in 2019.
The spaceship had been due to launch on an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida early in the afternoon.
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14 hours ago Boeing s chance at redemption for its Starliner spacecraft will have to wait for now. The launch attempt scheduled for Tuesday was scrubbed at the last minute, NASA said. The attempt was scrubbed due to unexpected valve position indications in the Starliner propulsion system, NASA noted. Further details were not immediately available, but the space agency said the next launch opportunity is 12:57 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The second test flight for Boeing s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was scheduled to launch from the Florida coast on Tuesday afternoon before it was called off. This comes on the heels of last week s launch attempt also being scrubbed due to an unplanned thruster-firing incident on the International Space Station.
Boeing Co scrubbed the launch of its CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station on Tuesday due to a system glitch, a fresh setback for the US aerospace company following the vehicle s botched 2019 debut.
Boeing engineers ruled out a number of potential causes, including software, but were still working to understand the source of unexpected valve position indications in the propulsion system, Boeing said in a statement Tuesday evening. Additional time is needed to complete the assessment, Boeing said, adding that it would also not proceed with the next potential launch window on Wednesday.
The delay of Tuesday s uncrewed test flight throws into question the timing of Boeing s follow-on mission with a crew onboard, which Boeing has said would take place no earlier than December.
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