Boeing’s Starliner capsule made a delayed docking with the International Space Station on Thursday, after NASA called off an initial approach.
There are now two U.S.-built crew spacecraft docked with the ISS for the first time, as Boeing's capsule joined SpaceX's Dragon at the space station.
NASA delayed an initial attempt as five of the 28 thrusters that help control Starliner's movement in space were not operating, but four were recovered to clear a second docking attempt.Starliner capsule made a delayed docking with with the International Space Station on Thursday, after NASA called off an initial approach to a thruster problem.There are now two U.S.
NASA was troubleshooting five of the jets that were not operating and was able to recover four of the malfunctioning jets after testing.NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been working with NASA's flight controllers to test fire the thrusters in an attempt to recover the spacecraft's full propulsion system.
Wilmore and Williams were told by NASA capsule communicator, or CAPCOM, Neal Nagata that the 12:15 p.m. docking attempt had to be called off due to the ISS' zero fault tolerance for a spacecraft control problem. CAPCOM Nagata had the astronauts hold the spacecraft beyond the"keep out sphere," an invisible boundary around the ISS that serves as a safety measure, while diagnosing the problematic thrusters.to begin the crew flight test, marking the first time the capsule is carrying astronauts to space. The mission represents the final major step before NASA certifies Boeing to fly crew on operational missions.
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