{"id":138319,"date":"2024-12-18T07:08:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138319"},"modified":"2024-12-18T07:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:08:36","slug":"spacex-delay-means-boeing-starliner-astronauts-will-get-an-even-longer-stay-on-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138319","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX delay means Boeing Starliner astronauts will get an even longer stay on the ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Because SpaceX\u2019s next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station will use a new Dragon spacecraft that won\u2019t be ready by a previously planned February launch date, NASA announced Tuesday that it has opted to delay the launch now until no earlier than late March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">What that means is an even longer stay for the two NASA astronauts who flew up last June to the ISS aboard Boeing\u2019s beleaguered Starliner spacecraft. They launched on the first crewed mission of Starliner on June 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V, arriving at the ISS one day later for what was supposed to be as short as an eight-day stay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Because of concerns with Starliner\u2019s thrusters and helium leaks on its propulsion module, NASA elected to play it safe and keep Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board the ISS while sending Starliner home without a crew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Their ride home is now set to be aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom, which flew up to the ISS and docked in September, but with only two crew on board instead of the normal four so that Williams and Wilmore would have a ride home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">That mission had been aiming for a flight home after Crew-10\u2019s arrival in late February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">NASA, though, announced Crew-10 won\u2019t launch until late March now with its replacement crew, which gives SpaceX and NASA time to get the new Dragon spacecraft, which has yet to be named, ready for the mission. It\u2019s expected to arrive in Florida in early January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cFabrication, assembly, testing, and final integration of a new spacecraft is a painstaking endeavor that requires great attention to detail,\u201d said NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich. \u201cWe appreciate the hard work by the SpaceX team to expand the Dragon fleet in support of our missions and the flexibility of the station program and expedition crews as we work together to complete the new capsule\u2019s readiness for flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">This would be the fifth crew Dragon spacecraft. The first crewed flight came in May 2020, and its fleet of four current Dragon spacecraft have now flown 15 times carrying 56 humans to space, including two who were two-time fliers. The crew of each spacecraft\u2019s first flight are given the right to name the spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">NASA said teams looked at using the other available crew Dragon spacecraft, but determined moving the launch date for Crew-10 was the best option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Its crew will be NASA astronaut and commander Anne McClain, making her second trip to space; NASA astronaut and pilot Nichole Ayers, set to become the first of the 2021 astronaut candidate class to make it to space; JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and mission specialist Takuya Onishi making his second spaceflight; and Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Kirill Peskov making his first spaceflight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The delay could mean close to a nine-month stay on board for Wilmore and Williams, as Crew-9 won\u2019t fly home until a handover period after Crew-10\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Most ISS rotations last about six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program aims to have two providers for U.S.-based rotation missions with SpaceX and Boeing, but after the incomplete launch of the Crew Flight Test mission, it\u2019s unclear when and how Starliner will get its final certification so it can begin trading off with SpaceX the regular ferry service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Boeing\u2019s contract calls for it to provide six flights to the ISS before the end of the space station\u2019s service, currently targeting 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">_____<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/spacex-delay-means-boeing-starliner-220600274.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because SpaceX\u2019s next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station will use a new Dragon spacecraft that won\u2019t be ready by a previously planned February launch date, NASA announced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138319\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}