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Boeing delays its first manned flight to the International Space Station until 2023

If this manned mission is successful, NASA will sign a contract with Boeing for the regular transportation of its astronauts. | Font: THIS IS

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Boeing was forced to change his original plans for his first manned flight beyond our planet to international space station (ISS for its abbreviation in English). The company has confirmed that the launch will not take place until February 2023 due to a number of factors that have delayed the launch.

As the aerospace firm said during a press conference held last Thursday, its first manned flight, which aims to transport astronauts from POT to international space station It will no longer be provided at the end of this year as originally planned. Now the date marked on the calendar Boeing It’s February next year.

Boeing’s Starliner will have to wait a little longer

According to the information provided in the company’s official statement, technicians need to fix some problems with the propellers and an anomaly in the ship’s cooling circuit. star linerwhich were presented during an unmanned test flight, which Boeing and POT They went in May last year.

Because of this, a space flight that will take astronauts from POT Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suny Williams have been delayed until February 2023, giving the company plenty of time to resolve any issues with the capsule before it takes off with a crew on board.

Ship star liner it completed two test flights. The first occurred in 2019 and was due to software bugs that sent the capsule into the wrong orbit, forcing it back into space. Land earlier than expected. The second, as mentioned, took place in May 2022 and was apparently successful before these flaws in the ship’s systems were discovered.

A ride that secures an alliance between NASA and Boeing

Boeing has also changed the base from which it will launch star liner with two astronauts on board international space station. Now the launch pad will be the Space Force Station at Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.

If successful, this manned flight POT will hire Boeing so the firm is responsible for regularly transporting its astronauts to and from space. The flight is expected to last about six days, the time recorded during the second test flight. star liner.

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