Finally A Crewed Starliner Capsule Is Cruising To The Space Station.
Boeing's Starliner capsule with two astronauts aboard is finally heading to the International Space Station after blasting off this morning from Cape Canaveral. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft successfully launched from Cape Canaveral this morning, successfully completing a launch from the Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft is set to dock at the International Space Station with two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will spend over a week at the ISS performing tests to certify Starliner for future missions. They will join SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which is already ferrying astronauts to the station. The astronauts will return to earth by parachute landing in the western United States.
Publié : il y a 11 mois par Larry Spilman dans Science
After years of delays it was all 'go' this morning from Cape Canaveral. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft successfully lifted off just before 11 am atop an Atlas V rocket headed to the International Space Station with two astronauts tucked inside.
After docking Thursday, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will spend a little over a week at the ISS performing a variety of tests on Starliner to certify it to carry humans on future missions. Starliner will join SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule which is already ferrying astronauts to the orbiting lab.
Wilmore and Williams and Starliner will then head back to earth landing by parachute in the western United States.
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