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August 14, 2021

Uh, Oh...NASA, Boeing to Move Starliner to Production Facility

Engineering Teams Have Been Working To Restore Functionality To Several Valves

NASA and Boeing have decided to postpone the launch of Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International Space Station as teams continue work on the CST-100 Starliner propulsion system. Engineering teams have been working to restore functionality to several valves in the Starliner propulsion system from inside United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility that did not open as designed during the launch countdown for the Aug. 3 launch attempt. The valves connect to thrusters that enable abort and in-orbit maneuvering.

Of Critical Importance.... Cygnus Is Carrying An Order Of Pizza

After launching at 6:01 p.m. EDT Tuesday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the Cygnus spacecraft’s solar arrays successfully deployed to collect sunlight to power Cygnus on its journey to the station. The International Space Station's crew welcomed Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo resupply ship Thursday morning. The spacecraft’s arrival brings more than 8,200 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and hardware for a future spacewalk (plus an order of pizza). NASA astronaut Megan McArthur used the space station’s robotic Canadarm2 to capture Cygnus upon its arrival early Thursday morning, while ESA (European Space Agency) astronau