H NASA announced a few days ago that its two astronauts who launched last June on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) to test Boeing’s new spacecraft will return to Earth next February, that is, eight months later, by boat. SpaceX.
Boeing’s Starliner developed a helium leak minutes before launch, with mission officials ultimately giving the green light for the mission, deeming it a defect that did not pose a safety issue.
The two astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams arrived at ISS but the ship’s problem had worsened and no way could be found to fix it so that the two astronauts could get inside to return.
The sounds
Another dimension is added to the evolving space thriller that, as expected, has generated intense public and media interest. Butt Wilmore reported the mysterious sounds coming from the Starliner. More specifically, the sounds are being piped to the ISS from a loudspeaker on the Starliner. Wilmore contacted mission control and relayed the sounds. “I have a question about the Starliner. There is a mysterious sound coming from the loudspeaker and I don’t know what is causing it. I’ll leave it up to you guys to figure out what’s going on and if you have an answer, let us know,” the astronaut told the control center.
The two astronauts will return with their space company Elon Musk in a development that is a terrible blow to the image and credibility of Boeing, which has recently faced several problems with several of its planes.
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