The primary try by Boeing to ship an uncrewed Starliner to the house station in 2019 failed on account of software program and engineering glitches. A second strive in 2022 succeeded, paving the way in which for efforts at getting the primary crewed check mission off the bottom.
A Might 6 countdown was halted simply two hours earlier than launch time over a defective stress valve on the Atlas higher stage, adopted by weeks of additional delays brought on by different engineering issues, since resolved, on the Starliner itself.
The 2-member crew, NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, 61, and Sunita “Suni” Williams, 58, had been strapped into their seats aboard the spacecraft for a few hours earlier than launch actions have been suspended on Saturday.
Technicians assisted the astronauts out of the capsule safely about an hour after the flight was scrubbed.
It is not uncommon within the house business for countdowns to be halted on the eleventh hour and for launches to be postponed for days or perhaps weeks, even when seemingly minor malfunctions or uncommon sensor readings are detected, particularly in new spacecraft flying people for the primary time.
