NASA had first postponed the first manned test flight of the Starliner spacecraft, which was expected to take place on May 6 due to a faulty valve, to May 17 due to a valve shortage. When a comprehensive investigation was launched to replace the problematic valve on the Starliner rocket, this time helium leakage also stood out. After nearly two weeks of review, NASA announced the new date as June 1, although the helium leak continues. However, the first manned test flight, which was expected to take place today, faced another problem. Here are the details…
Starliner still not ready for its first manned test flight?
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams had to exit the Starline spacecraft for the second time this month. The Starliner spacecraft could not be launched again for its first manned test flight, which was expected to take place today.
NASA astronauts were forced to abandon the spacecraft due to a problem that occurred less than four minutes before launch. When the countdown reached the last minutes, the ground launch computer that took over automatically gave the signal to stop.
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NASA announced that it did not postpone the Starliner launch date too much this time. According to the new statement, Starliner will be launched on June 2 at 19:03 Türkiye time. Boeing’s Lauren Brennecke made a statement about the launch, which was constantly postponed for a different reason:
“Of course it’s disappointing, but that’s part of the job. The ultimate goal is to make sure our precious cargo, Butch and Suni, are safe.”
It is followed with great curiosity how Starliner, the first American capsule to achieve this by landing on land instead of the ocean during unmanned test flights, will conduct its first manned test flight. However, until now, there has always been a reason to postpone the date set for the first manned test flight.
Starliner will launch tomorrow aboard the Atlas V rocket, which will take NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station (ISS).