Starliner Faces New Delays for Crewed Flights to ISS By Nancy_A
During reviews over the past several weeks, engineers uncovered two issues that can’t be fixed before mid-year. The “soft links” that connect parachute suspension lines to the spacecraft are not strong enough, and the tape that wraps electrical lines use a flammable adhesive.
“These tests were run many years ago. We reviewed those results. We missed those results, and this could have been caught sooner,” Nappi said. Veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were scheduled to launch on Starliner’s flight atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on July 21. This would have been Starliner’s third flight to the International Space Station, but theSteve Stich, NASA manager of the Commercial Crew Program, said Wilmore and Williams were part of an all-hands meeting to discuss the issues and agreed with the decision to stand down.
While SpaceX has now completed 10 crew flights since its first crewed flight in 2020, Boeing had to repeat its 2019 test flight without a crew because of software problems and other issues. The original plan had been for SpaceX and Boeing to each provide one taxi flight to the ISS each year.“NASA desperately needs a second provider for crew transportation,” said Stich.
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