published20. May 2022, 03:35
The Boeing spacecraft took off from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome in Florida on Friday night in the direction of the International Space Station ISS. The launch is already two years behind schedule.
The launch is already two years behind schedule. In the future, it will transport astronauts to the ISS as an alternative to SpaceX’s “Crew Dragon” space capsule.
AFP
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On Friday night, the “Starliner” spacecraft took off for the International Space Station ISS.
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It is an unmanned test – the launch is more than two years behind schedule.
After a series of setbacks, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has launched to the International Space Station. In the night of Friday it left the Cape Canaveral spaceport in the direction of the outpost of mankind. It is an unmanned test for the crisis-ridden Starliner, which is more than two years behind schedule.
Mission had been postponed several times
In the future, Boeing’s spacecraft will transport astronauts to the ISS as an alternative to SpaceX’s “Crew Dragon” space capsule. That should have happened a long time ago, but during a first test in December 2019, the spacecraft did not make it to the ISS – partly because of a problem with the automatic ignition of the engines. In the past year, the mission had been postponed several times – and then the “Starliner” finally had to go back to the workshop completely because of valve problems.
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