NASA announces new date for launch of Starliner crewed mission

NASA announces new launch date for Starliner's first crewed mission following multiple delays

ON WESH.COM. MEANTIME, THE FIRST STARLINER FLIGHT WITH ASTRONAUTS WILL NOT BE LAUNCHING THIS WEEKEND, AND WE NOW KNOW OFFICIALS WILL TRY AGAIN JUNE 1ST, WESH 2’S SCOTT HEIDLER HAS BEEN TRACKING EVERYTHING RELATED TO THAT TEST MISSION AND ITS NUMEROUS DELAYS FOR WEEKS NOW. TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR DAYS, BUT AT THIS STAGE THEY DON’T KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT IS. THE FOCUS A SMALL HELIUM LEAK IN ONE OF THE 28 THRUSTER JETS ON THE BOEING STARLINER CRAFT THAT ALLOW IT TO BE MANEUVERED AND STEERED. I THINK THEY’RE TAKING MORE TIME. UH, TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THIS LEAK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS CAUSING IT, TO GET CONFIDENCE THAT IT WON’T BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT AND WON’T WORSEN IN FLIGHT. HERE THEY COME. OUR CFT CREW TAKING THEIR FIRST STEPS OUTSIDE FOR THEIR HISTORIC FLIGHT TEST TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE NASA TEST ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNNY WILLIAMS WERE STRAPPED IN AND READY TO GO EARLIER IN THE MONTH, BUT A SCRUB WAS CALLED JUST TWO HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH. YEAH, ROGER. UH, SO THE ENGINEERING TEAM HAS EVALUATED, UM, THE VEHICLE IS NOT, UH, IN A CONFIGURATION WHERE WE CAN PROCEED WITH FLIGHT TODAY. IT WAS A VALVE ISSUE ON THE ATLAS FIVE ROCKET. STARLINER’S RIDE UP TO LOW EARTH ORBIT. AND THEN THE HELIUM LEAK WAS DETECTED. IT’S A DANGEROUS MISSION. AS IT IS, HUMANS FLYING ON A NEW SPACECRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND NASA’S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM STARLINER WAS TO BE ALTERNATING TRIPS UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH SPACEX’S CREW DRAGON AND LIFTOFF OF NASA CREW EIGHT. IT’S BEEN FARE AND CREW UP TO THE ISS FOR FOUR YEARS. IT WOULD SURPRISE ME IF BOEING, YOU KNOW, PULLED THE PLUG AND SAID, WE’RE DONE WITH STARLINER. WE’RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, JUST EAT, EAT THE MONEY THAT WE’VE LOST AND MOVE ON. UH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A REALLY AN EVEN, YOU KNOW, A PR DISASTER FOR BOEING. I THINK ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, THE SLIDING LAUNCH SCHEDULES ALSO HAVE IMPLICATIONS WITH THE BUSY INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. AS CHANGES DOWN HERE ALSO HAVE TO WORK INTO THE SCHEDULE UP THERE ON THE SPACE COAST. SCOTT HEIDLER WESH TWO NEWS. STAY WITH WESH TWO FOR ALL OF YOUR SPACE INDUSTRY COVERAGE. FROM HISTORIC LAUNCHES TO EFFORTS TO PUT MAN BACK ON THE MOON, WE’LL BRING YOU THE VERY

NASA announces new launch date for Starliner's first crewed mission following multiple delays

After facing multiple delays, NASA announced a new launch date for Boeing's Starliner crewed mission.The new targeted date for the Starliner launch is June 1 at 12:25 p.m. NASA also said there will be more launch opportunities on June 2, 5, and 6 if needed. This announcement comes after they announced late Tuesday an “indefinite�� delay. The original Crew Flight Test was supposed to take flight on May 6, but after a scrub on that initial night, the date has been pushed back multiple times.In Wednesday's announcement, they said they are assessing Starliner's performance and redundancy after discovering a small helium leak in the spacecraft service module. "There has been a great deal of exceptional analysis and testing over the last two weeks by the joint NASA, Boeing, and ULA teams to replace the Centaur Self Regulating Valve and troubleshoot the Starliner Service Module helium manifold leak," said Steve Stich, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program. If all goes as planned, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams the first humans to fly aboard Boeing's Starliner."It has been important that we take our time to understand all the complexities of each issue including the redundant capabilities of the Starliner propulsion system and any implications to our Interim Human Rating Certification. We will launch Butch and Suni on this test mission after the entire community has reviewed the team's progress and flight rationale at the upcoming Delta Agency Flight Test Readiness Review," Stich said. The purpose of the mission is to test the Starliner spacecraft and its subsystems, including maneuvering and docking, before NASA can certify the spacecraft for rotational missions.

After facing multiple delays, NASA announced a new launch date for Boeing's Starliner crewed mission.

The new targeted date for the Starliner launch is June 1 at 12:25 p.m. NASA also said there will be more launch opportunities on June 2, 5, and 6 if needed.

This announcement comes after they announced late Tuesday an “indefinite�� delay.

The original Crew Flight Test was supposed to take flight on May 6, but after a scrub on that initial night, the date has been pushed back multiple times.

In Wednesday's announcement, they said they are assessing Starliner's performance and redundancy after discovering a small helium leak in the spacecraft service module.

"There has been a great deal of exceptional analysis and testing over the last two weeks by the joint NASA, Boeing, and ULA teams to replace the Centaur Self Regulating Valve and troubleshoot the Starliner Service Module helium manifold leak," said Steve Stich, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program.

If all goes as planned, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams the first humans to fly aboard Boeing's Starliner.

"It has been important that we take our time to understand all the complexities of each issue including the redundant capabilities of the Starliner propulsion system and any implications to our Interim Human Rating Certification. We will launch Butch and Suni on this test mission after the entire community has reviewed the team's progress and flight rationale at the upcoming Delta Agency Flight Test Readiness Review," Stich said.

The purpose of the mission is to test the Starliner spacecraft and its subsystems, including maneuvering and docking, before NASA can certify the spacecraft for rotational missions.

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NASA announces new launch date for Starliner's first crewed mission following multiple delays

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