Boeing doesn’t want further delays to Starliner launch and will avoid helium leak
NASA astronauts will board the spacecraft despite service module failure
NASA has flown hundreds of missions over the past decades, and in all of them the time to prepare and study all the variables has been extensive. However, it seems that adventure which unites space agency American with company Boeing located more difficult than expected and you will have to overcome an obstacle that may seem crazy to the untrained eye.
Starliner’s imminent flight
Looks like the next release window Starliner ship will be used by Boeing after several errors in previous attempts. According to information published by CBS News, it appears that this will be next June 1st When ship from Boeing take offdespite the problem discovered a few weeks ago.
Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams – astronauts NASA, which planned to take off from heading to the International Space Station last the 6th of May. A malfunction of the oxygen depressurization capsule on the Atlas V rocket grounded both astronauts.
Of course, it appears that this was not the only problem discovered at the time, given that Boeing engineers they started too investigate a helium leak in one of the four engines of the Starliner spacecraft. Given that there may have been toxic elements in the ship’s piping system and that it was still attached to the rocket, it had to be freed and returned to the Boeing hangar at the Kennedy Space Center. This, as you understand, meant new failure.
After analysis by NASA and Boeing, it appears that Leakage is not a problem., but it was necessary to ensure that it did not increase over time. Actually, May 6 incident serviced learn about the failure and, in the words of Mark Nappi, Starliner program manager, “get to the root of the problem and help us.” improve the system in the future‘.
Boeing says that helium leakused in propulsion systems, maybe will succeed even if it grows 100 times. For now, Boeing said in a recent International Space social media post.
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