The launch attempt was called off roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff.
NASA and Boeing were forced to stand down from an attempted launch to the International Space Station on Monday because of a last-minute issue that cropped up with a valve on the spacecraft’s rocket.
Boeing’s Starliner capsule had been scheduled to lift off at 10:34 p.m. ET from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on its first crewed test flight. NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were on board the capsule and strapped into their seats when the launch attempt was called off, roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff.
A new launch date has not yet been announced.
Mission controllers declared a launch “scrub” after an anomaly was detected on an oxygen valve on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, which the Starliner capsule was to ride into orbit.
Yeah, apparently NASA are real sticklers about all the doors staying on all the time. Just ridiculous standards to expect!
Nanny state foolishness. It’s just crewed spaceflight, not rocket science.
Thanks Obama.
If they build without doors at all? Simply weld in the crew with enough food. Why get out of the vessel? Space is deadly anyway.
It’s not that hard. I seen the Flintstones, just have the space people put their feet out the bottom and wiggle em real fast.
Why am I not in charge of space launches? Probably people are afraid of my intellect, and massive dong.
(copium)
I’m gonna need pictures of the massive dong incident before deciding if I’m scared or not.
It’s umm, a quantum dong. Very rare, it appears very small in photographs but when not observed it is the size of Mount Fuji. Woe is me! To have the dong of the century but cursed to never show it.
Fear the quantum dong!!
So it must be viewed with a blindfold and a pair of hands? So far, semi scared!
Hey, they finally followed a safety standard.
Don’t worry, somebody will off themselves with multiple bullet wounds to the back of the head for this
In space, no one can hear you blow your whistle.
It wasn’t them, ULA followed the safety standards as they make and operate the rocket. 😂
Good on NASA for scrubbing the launch to keep both the astronauts and the launch team safe. That’s how it’s supposed to work.
Turns out, if your contractor kills enough people with their slapdash products, even go fever has its limits.
No it’s not. They could have learned a ton from this probably fatal experiment
Doctor Mengele?
Dude. People would have died without those safety checks.
He’s making fun of SpaceX
People HAVE died
But not today, thankfully. Thats what makes every scrubbed launch a success.
Challenger and Colombia were particularly horrific because people warned that there were issues and were still given the green light for launch and reentry, respectively.
You can’t do this stuff without making some mistakes and learning from them. But everyone did their job well this evening to ensure everyone’s safety.
Yeah not sure why I’m getting down votes. It’s a fact, people have died and it was due to lax adherence to those safety standards. Today’s launch scrub is exactly what should happen every time. A single tiny thing out of place should be a scrub. These are people’s lives on the line.
I misinterpreted where you were coming from with your comment. My apologies. I think we’re on the same page. Safety first.
I would not want to get on a boeing rocket right now
Boeing only made the spacecraft. The rocket was ULA (formerly Lockheed design).
Right, so you’ll asphyxiate in space
Boeing deserves the scorn, but if it was a joint project with Lockheed it’s probably fine, they’re evil to be sure but they don’t fuck around
Yeah Lockheed always gets the job done right. Usually a decade late and a trillion dollars over budget but the job gets done!
ULA is 50% owned by Boeing. Therefore there’s only a 50% chance you’ll die!
Guess who the other owner of ULA is…
Sure but the rocket being used is Atlas V which is from the Lockheed half of the partnership.
Delta series is what Boeing brought to the ULA partnership. Which they acquired from buying out McDonnell Douglas.
Boeing didn’t design either rocket ULA has flown.
I’ve been saying this for years now. Boeing is going to kill NASA astronauts if they are allowed to get their way.
It wasn’t the space craft it was a valve on the centaur upper stage (second stage)
Exactly. It was a fault on the rocket, which was manufactured by ULA, a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing…oh, crap
People already are forgetting about Boeings space capsule test
That damned door wouldn’t stay shut. They might need to put a cinder block against it or something.
“I hate to say I told you so…”
-literally everyone
another valve?
Yeah, apparently Sony was getting pissy that the astronauts were about to leave the planet without logging into their PSN accounts first. 🤷🏼♂️
Did they do a quick seal check?