Andrew is a freelance space journalist with a focus on reporting on China's rapidly growing space sector. He began writing for Space.com in 2019 and writes for SpaceNews, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist and others.
, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams testing out the spacecraft's capabilities on the Crew Flight Test mission to the
Williams and Wilmore spoke via video link from the ISS with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Associate Administrator Jim Free on Monday ."The spacecraft was precise," said Wilmore, in response to a question from Melroy about the spacecraft's performance and handling testing."We could stop on a dime, so to speak. could put it exactly where we wanted and it would stay there." could adjust its position very precisely and quickly.
Williams also had praise for the spacecraft's performance."I call it mooning the sun… we were trying to fine-tune where we would get the most power," Williams said, describing orienting Starliner's rear to allow the spacecraft's solar arrays to collect and absorb the most light and generate the most power.
"So if we didn't have any guidance and we had to do it ourselves, we could do it no problem. And the spacecraft really reacted great to even those big types of maneuvers like that."Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!2 astronaut taxis: Why NASA wants both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Dragondetected on Starliner.
Andrew is a freelance space journalist with a focus on reporting on China's rapidly growing space sector. He began writing for Space.com in 2019 and writes for SpaceNews, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist and others. Andrew first caught the space bug when, as a youngster, he saw Voyager images of other worlds in our solar system for the first time. Away from space, Andrew enjoys trail running in the forests of Finland.
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