Seven years behind schedule, and after two scrubbed attempts last month, Starliner has at last sent two astronauts to space on a mission for NASA. The troubled company still has lots of catching up to do.
The two previous attempts to launch the Crew Flight Test mission were aborted: the first, on May 6, to allow a valve issue on the launch vehicle to be fixed; the second, on June 1, due to a fault with the ground launch sequencer, a key computer program that automates the launch.
During the test mission beginning tonight, Wilmore and Williams will test out this eventuality, purposefully pointing the spacecraft off course to ensure they can manually get it back on track, as well as assessing the spacecraft’s general life support and navigation systems. While docked to the space station, the vehicle will be put through further tests, including practicing using it as a lifeboat in case astronauts needed to evacuate the ISS.
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