NASA, Boeing Scrub Launch of Starliner Space Craft for Second Time in Week
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The U.S. space agency, NASA, and aerospace company Boeing said they have scrubbed the launch of the company’s Starliner spacecraft for the second time in a week.
In a release, Boeing said the launch of the Starliner crew capsule onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket was scrubbed after a prelaunch check indicated an “unexpected valve position” in the propulsion system. Liftoff had been scheduled for 1:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday. The capsule, designed to carry up to seven crew and passengers, was to be test-launched unmanned to the International Space Station (ISS). The Boeing crew capsule had first been scheduled to launch last Friday, but that launch was postponed after the Russian lab module, Nauka, caused chaos at the space station. The Russian module unexpectedly fired its thrusters, which tilted the space station 45 degrees outside its typical orientation.FILE - U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican from Florida, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 14, 2017. FILE - A migrant from China identifies himself to a U.S. Border Patrol agent after surrendering with a group that was smuggled across the Rio Grande into the United States from Mexico, in Fronton, Texas, April 4, 2023.
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