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August 04, 2021

Not Wednesday Either: NASA, Boeing Standing Down on Aug. 4 Launch Attempt

NASA and Boeing Worked Through Several Steps To Troubleshoot The Incorrect Valve Indications

NASA and Boeing are standing down from the Wednesday, Aug. 4, launch attempt of the agency’s Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International Space Station as mission teams continue to examine the cause of the unexpected valve position indications on the CST-100 Starliner propulsion system. Early in the launch countdown for the Aug. 3 attempt, mission teams detected indications that not all valves were in the proper configuration needed for launch. Mission teams decided to halt the countdown to further analyze the issue.

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