The Starliner spacecraft, which has been plagued by technical problems, will be released from the International Space Station on Friday and return to Earth unmanned, the American space agency NASA announced on Wednesday.
Due to numerous technical problems, manufacturer Boeing and NASA have decided that a return with astronauts on board would be too dangerous. The fully automatic capsule will land at the White Sands rocket training area in the state of New Mexico six hours after undocking.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew to the ISS space station in the crisis-ridden capsule on June 5, must hold out on humanity’s space outpost.
The capsule is plagued by several technical problems
The Starliner is struggling with technical problems such as a ‘sticky’ oxidizer valve and multiple helium leaks. It was also recently announced that the spacecraft began making strange, spooky knocking noises – krone.at reported – that cannot be explained.
Should be an alternative to Musk’s “Crew Dragon”.
The ‘Starliner’ is a partially reusable spacecraft consisting of a crew capsule about three meters high and a service module. Unlike SpaceX’s “Crew Dragon” it does not land on water, but on Earth.
Source: Krone
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