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Video: The Process of Observing the Boeing Starliner's Reentry and Desert Landing

Two NASA astronauts will stay aboard the International Space Station as the troubled vehicle they rode undocks ahead of a landing in the New Mexico desert.
Updated 2024-Oct-01 09:34

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft over a darkened Earth with blurred lights.

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft over a darkened Earth with blurred lights.

During a news conference on Wednesday Steve Stich who is the manager of NASA s commercial crew program stated that they do not anticipate any problems with the thrusters near the station.
And then we make a hasty escape. What will occur with the astronauts next? The two Starliner astronauts will transition into being integrated members of the space station crew.
Each time crew members rotate NASA refers to it as an expedition. Wilmore have joined Expedition 72.Later in the month NASA s Nick Hague and Russia s Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to join Expedition 72 as well.
Wilmore to be able to travel back to Earth next year Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson who were originally set to be part of Expedition 72 were removed from the mission called Crew 9.Continued doubt about the reason for the vehicle s propulsion issues raised concerns that there could be a more severe underlying problem.
Boeing officials believe that if Starliner s propulsion system failed during the return trip the spacecraft could be left stranded in orbit or burn up during re entry.
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Boeing’s Starliner is finally coming home but the two NASA astronauts who traveled in the spacecraft to the International Space Station are not.
The mission which launched in June was the first time Starliner carried people to orbit. The flight was intended as a final shakedown before NASA certified the spacecraft for once a year missions taking astronauts to and from the space station.
The vehicle’s propulsion system experienced problems during its approach to the space station including several balky thrusters and leaks of helium a gas used to push propellant in the weightlessness of orbit.
Although Starliner was able to dock successfully the cause of the problems is still not fully understood and NASA officials decided it would be safer for Starliner to return without anyone aboard.
When will Starliner return and how can I watch it?Starliner is scheduled to undock from the space station at 6:04 p.M. Eastern time Friday. NASA has started broadcasting coverage which you can view in the video player embedded above.
A Boeing spokeswoman Lauren Brennecke said that teams had approved the undocking operations to begin on schedule.
Coverage of the re entry and landing of Starliner is scheduled to begin at 10:50 p. M. What will happen during the undocking and landing?A command sent from the ground will retract the hooks that are holding Starliner to the outpost’s forward docking port and springs will push the spacecraft away.
A minute and a half later the spacecraft will fire its thrusters in short bursts to move away and above the space station.
At the higher altitude it will be moving more slowly than the space station and the distance between them will grow quickly.
Several orbits later at 11:17 p. M. Starliner will fire its large thrusters to drop out of the orbit and back into the atmosphere aiming for the White Sands Space Harbor which is in the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico.
Before re entry it will jettison its service module the cylindrical piece below the capsule that contains the troublesome thrusters.
Landing is expected just after midnight Eastern time.
 
They have stated that weeks of analysis and ground tests indicate that Starliner could have safely brought Ms.Wilmore back to Earth. NASA officials determined that it would be safer for the two astronauts to stay on the space station rather than return to Earth in Starliner.
Is there a risk of collision during undocking? Whenever a spacecraft maneuvers near or departs from the space station there is a possibility of a collision if an error occurs.
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