Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to wait for another day to fly to the International Space Station in an orbital capsule that has already faced years of costly technical delays.

NASA astronauts will have to wait until another day to launch to orbit in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. The planned launch was called off Monday night because of a problem in the Atlas V rocket that was to send them to space.

Engineers will work through the night to assess whether the two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, can get back on the launchpad on Tuesday, or if repairs will be needed that could delay the flight by at least several days.

  • NaibofTabrEnglish
    14·
    6 months ago

    Just to point out:

    The planned launch was called off Monday night because of a problem in the Atlas V rocket that was to send them to space.

    This delay is due to an issue with the launch vehicle, not the crew capsule. “Boeing” is in the title for clickbait purposes only, this delay has nothing to do with them in any way.

    Also, delays for astronaut lauches are good. Finding a problem with your human-carrying missile before you launch it is a lot better than the alternative.

    • AmaryllisBlues [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      I also want to remind people that this is quite literally rocket science. Delays and scrubs happen a lot. That’s is not to say there’s isn’t a slew of inefficiencies and garbage that goes on in the space industry, but this shit is hard.