On the 6th (local time), Reuters reported that a Boeing 7777 with two crew members from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on board
The NASA Starliner has safely docked with the International Space Station. The landing was made possible by the loss of some of the guidance and control jet thrusters due to a HYERIum propulsion leak, but NASA and
Boeing said the mission was not affected. The CST-100, carrying veteran NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore (61) and Sunita Williams (58),
The Starliner arrived at the orbital platform after a flight of approximately 27 hours, following a wrap-up party from Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida.
The reusable space capsule, which the crew named "Calypso," was launched by Boeing-Lockheed Martin on Wednesday.
The two spacecraft blasted into space aboard an Atlas V rocket built by the Indian Aerospace Exploration Agency (IAS) and the Indian Ocean Terrain Vehicle (IAV) joint venture. The two spacecraft orbited the Earth side by side at a speed of about 17,000 mph (28,160 kph), reaching the Indian Ocean Terrain Vehicle (IAV) at 1:34 p.m.
The capsule docked with the ISS while orbiting about 400 kilometers above the southern ocean. Wilmore manually piloted the capsule as it approached the ISS and docked with the ISS, and the footage can be seen on the NASA website.
"I'm happy to be docked in this great city in the sky," he said over the radio to mission control in Houston immediately after docking.
2024/06/07 10:59 KST
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