Boeing has called off its first astronaut launch because of a fluttering rocket valve.
– NASA officials and Boeing’s Starliner team will give an update on the status of the currently grounded spacecraft.Boeing called off its first astronaut launch in early May because of a valve problem on the rocket.for a flight to the International Space Station when the countdown was halted, just two hours before the planned liftoff.
The valve may have exceeded its 200,000 lifetime cycles, Bruno said, which means it would have to be replaced, pushing the launch into next week. But if engineers can determine the valve is still within that limit, the launch team could try again as soon as Friday. Bruno said similar valve trouble had occurred in years past on a few other Atlas rockets launching satellites. It was quickly resolved by turning the troublesome valves off and back on. But the company has stricter flight rules for astronaut flights, prohibiting valve recycling when a crew is on board.
Within minutes of the countdown halting, Boeing's new astrovan was back at the launch pad to retrievein 2019 failed to reach the space station and Boeing had to repeat the flight. Then the company encountered parachute issues and flammable tape.
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