There’s nothing to see here, or hear here, actually. That’s the message NASA gave after reports of a strange noise heard by astronauts docked to the ISS.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony module forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night 256 miles above the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, India. There’s nothing to see here, or hear here, actually. That’s the message NASA gave after reports of a strange noise heard by astronaut Butch Wilmore emanating from Boeing’s Starliner docked to the International Space Station this weekend.
“The space station audio system is complex, allowing multiple spacecraft and modules to be interconnected, and it is common to experience noise and feedback,” NASA stated. “The crew is asked to contact mission control when they hear sounds originating in the comm system.” Because of issues with thrusters and helium leaks with Starliner’s propulsion module, though, NASA kept delaying its return, which was originally supposed to occur after about eight days docked to the ISS. Instead, NASA has opted to send Starliner home without crew.
Starliner, meanwhile, is targeting a landing after a six-hour flight back to Earth with a desert touchdown target of White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:03 a.m. Sept. 7. After the parachute and air-cushioned landing, it will be shipped back to Boeing’s Starliner factory at Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX managed to complete its crewed test flight in 2020 and has since flown up eight operational missions having received further contract awards.
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