Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad illuminated by spotlights at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Sunday, May 5, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.The first-ever crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule has been delayed an additional week, thanks to a"buzzing" valve on its rocket ride.
That launch, which will kick off a mission known as Crew Flight Test , was originally supposed to take place Monday night from Florida'sabout two hours before the planned liftoff, however, after noticing that an oxygen relief valve in the Atlas V's Centaur upper stage was"buzzing" — opening and closing very rapidly. ULA, Boeing and NASA initially pushed CFT's liftoff back to-Atlas V stack off the launch pad and back to an assembly building.
A May 17 launch, should it go forward, would occur at 6:16 p.m. EDT . Whenever Starliner flies, you can watch the action live here at Space.com.to the International Space Station for a roughly eight-day stay. CFT is a shakeout cruise designed to show that Starliner is ready to fly operational, six-month crewed missions to the orbiting lab.
"The oscillations then re-occurred twice during fuel removal operations," they added."After evaluating the valve history, data signatures from the launch attempt, and assessing the risks relative to continued use, the ULA team determined the valve exceeded its qualification, and mission managers agreed to remove and replace the valve."
'I'm sure we'll find things out': NASA astronauts fly to launch site for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner mission to ISS on May 6 SpaceX flew its version of CFT, a two-astronaut test flight called Demo-2, back in 2020.
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