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NASA has delayed nan May 1 motorboat of its Starliner Boeing Crew Flight Test to nary sooner than May 6. It will transportation astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to nan International Space Station. The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is shown astatine Space Launch Complex-41 astatine Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station May 4, 2022. File Photo by Frank Michaux/NASA
April 3 (UPI) -- NASA and Boeing delayed nan latest planned motorboat of nan Starliner Boeing Crew Flight Test aft a reappraisal of International Space Station operations.
They announced connected Tuesday that nan motorboat that had been group for May 1 would now purpose to assistance disconnected nary sooner than May 6.
"The day accommodation optimizes abstraction position schedule of activities planned toward nan extremity of April, including a cargo spacecraft undocking and a unit spacecraft larboard relocation required for Starliner docking," NASA said successful a statement. "NASA and Boeing besides are performing prelaunch closeout activity and completing last certification for flight."
Boeing had to repair a parachute system problem connected nan Starliner's capsule and besides had to region overmuch of nan wrapping connected wiring successful nan Starliner aft discovering it was flammable.
The Starliner formation will return astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to dock connected nan abstraction station's guardant larboard of Harmony module.
"Ahead of Starliner's launch, NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 crew-mates will committee nan Dragon spacecraft, presently docked to nan guardant port, for a relocation to nan zenith larboard of Harmony to let for Starliner docking," NASA added.
Delaying nan motorboat will besides let much clip for completion of subject and cargo logistics aboard nan microgravity laboratory, according to NASA.
The Starliner formation trial will motorboat from Space Launch Complex 41 astatine Cape Canaveral Space Force Station successful Florida.
NASA wants to get Boeing's Starliner into work on pinch SpaceX's to ferry astronauts to and from nan ISS.
