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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. Credit: NASAand Boeing engineers completed a hot fire test of the Starliner spacecraft’s reaction control system jets, with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board.
The test evaluated 27 of the spacecraft’s 28 jets, checking thruster performance and helium leak rates, showing positive preliminary results.On July 27, engineering teams with NASA and Boeing completed a hot fire test of the Starliner spacecraft’s reaction control system jets to evaluate the spacecraft’s propulsion system.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This view is from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the port adjacent to the Starliner.
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Credit: NASAWhile ground teams work to finalize Starliner’s return to Earth, Wilmore and Williams continue to work alongside the Expedition 71 crew, assisting with science investigations and maintenance activities.
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