Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft recently completed its OFT-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). He showed NASA that he was well and truly ready for new adventures.
In a published message on Twitter on May 30, 2022, Boeing’s Starliner shared a video featuring an idyllic view from the window of its CST-100 capsule. As a reminder, the Starliner ship was heading into space during its recent uncrewed test flight.
Like a fish in water
Le CST-100 Starliner de Boeing was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Thursday, May 19, 2022, carried into orbit by a rocket United Launch Alliance Atlas V.
The filmed sequence shows the Earth appearing. An orbital sunset is observed there, as the spacecraft heads towards the International Space Station (ISS). We can also see around the 43 seconds an object moving at full speed – perhaps a piece of space rock or a satellite.
Towards new adventures?
The capsule returned to Earth following a parachute-assisted landing in the New Mexico desert on Wednesday, May 25. Regarding a future new mission, NASA should first review data from OFT-2 before launching the Boeing Starliner again.
As a reminder, the OFT-2 mission did not go well — two of Starliner’s thrusters fell failure during insertion into orbit (its movement was to get into position to revolve around the Earth). The failure occurred about half an hour after launch. Luckily, an emergency thruster fired at the right time and Starliner managed to complete the flight.
Boeing and NASA have not yet announced whether astronauts will participate in the next Starliner mission, but they hope that it can take place before the end of 2022.