1 of 4 | NASA test pilots Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore speak to NASA supervisors after walking out from the Operations and Checkout Building on Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
June 1 (UPI) — NASA is still notsure of when it will effort the veryfirst Boeing Starliner crewed objective launch, however it for sure won’t be Sunday.
The objective was called off once onceagain Saturday, simply 4 minutes before launch due to a computersystem information issue.
NASA had a backup launch date at 12: 03 p.m. EDT Sunday, however it revealed Saturday night that it will not effort liftoff at that time.
The next launch window is 10: 52 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. Another window is Thursday.
United Launch Alliance, a joint endeavor inbetween inbetween Boeing and Lockheed Martin, desires to “give the group extra time to evaluate a ground assistance devices concern” and is preparation an upgrade Sunday.
.@NASA, @BoeingSpace, and @ulalaunch are givingup a Crew Flight Test launch effort on June 2 to provide the group extra time to examine a ground assistance devices concern.
ULA will examine the ground assistance devices overnight, and NASA will offer an upgrade June 2 on next actions… pic.twitter.com/BlBddwk63o— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) June 1, 2024
“We got truly close today, and the group did a extraordinary task,” Steve Stich, NASA supervisor for the industrial team program, informed pressreporters throughout a post-launch effort news conference.
“This is kind of the method that spaceflight is,” he included. “Every time you go to the pad for a team flight or any flight, you’ve got a possibility for scrubbing.”
A computersystem launch sequencer issue with the Atlas V rocket activated a hold less than 4 minutes before the veryfirst crewed launch of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft was to takeplace.
NASA test pilots Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore are trying the veryfirst crewed objective of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft .
The Atlas V rocket was set to launch the Starliner into area from the Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12: 25 p.m. EDT Saturday.
Prospects for Saturday’s launch atfirst looked goo