Boeing Starliner Launch Scrubbed Due to Valve Issue
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. (Boeing PR) — During pre-launch preparations for the uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, Boeing engineers monitoring the health and status of the vehicle detected unexpected valve position indications in the propulsion system. The issue was initially detected during check outs following yesterday’s electrical storms in the region of Kennedy Space Center.
Consequently, the launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will be postponed. The launch was scheduled for 1:20 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 3. Boeing and NASA teams are assessing the situation. The team will provide updates regarding a launch attempt on Wednesday, Aug. 4.
“We’re disappointed with today’s outcome and the need to reschedule our Starliner launch,” said John Vollmer, vice president and program manager, Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program. “Human spaceflight is a complex, precise and unforgiving endeavor, and Boeing and NASA teams will take the time they need to ensure the safety and integrity of the spacecraft and the achievement of our mission objectives.”
Updates will be provided by NASA and Boeing as information is analyzed and confirmed.
Please follow @NASA, @Commercial_Crew and @BoeingSpace on Twitter, or visit www.nasa.gov or www.StarlinerUpdates.com, for more information.
Editor’s note: NASA said the next available launch opportunity would be 12:57 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 4 if all issues are resolved in time.
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not impressive…
They want to make sure nothing they can control goes wrong. I can see all of them sitting at their consoles reciting Alan Shepard’s “Astronaut’s Prayer;” “Oh Lord, please don’t let me f**k up.”
its more then that its horrible QC …they should have had a live check on the countdown, a lot was riding on this. bad sign
Wednesday will not happen – they rolled back to the VIF. Boeing sh*ts the bed once again.
Oh well. These things happen, but dang, they’ve sure had sufficient time to prepare for this flight…
Anyway, hopefully just a very minor bump in the road, to be forgotten soon after Starliner is safely in orbit and proceeding to dock with the station
A nice thought. But, alas, from my place in what is now your future, I see that we have a serious nosebleed situation here.