Starliner’s stay on the ISS is extended by four more days

The return of the Starliner spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station (ISS), originally scheduled for the 14th, has been moved to the 18th to facilitate NASA’s orbital station crew activities, as has the following one. According to Boeing, the spacewalk is scheduled for the 13th.

Before turning your attention to space station support, the crew worked in partnership with Boeing engineers and ground-based flight control equipment to efficiently perform more flight test missions and spacecraft performance checks.

This Sunday, Wilmore and Williams conducted a joint sound test in space, installed a window cover designed for long missions, and They reviewed procedures for checking the propulsion system and ignition system of the uncoupled vehicle.

Starliner’s service module batteries were also tested and fully charged for the next phase of the crew’s flight test flight: returning to Earth in the southwestern United States.