Posted on 06/05/2024 10:55:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
1 of 7 | A ULA Atlas V rocket launches the Boeing Starliner spacecraft on its maiden crewed flight from Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- NASA said Wednesday Boeing's Starliner carrying astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams successfully separated from the United Launch Alliance rocket booster following liftoff to the International Space Station.
United Launch Alliance confirmed the successful separation and said in a statement on X, "The names of Wilmore and Williams now join Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra and Cooper as American astronauts to launch into space atop Atlas rockets."
A statement from NASA Wednesday morning said the Centaur upper stage continued to propel Boeing's Starliner into a suborbit.
"The Centaur will continue to help propel Boeing's Starliner to a sub-orbit before the spacecraft boosts itself to orbit, bringing it closer to the International Space Station," NASA said.
Upon its separation, the Centaur will land in the ocean near Australia, according to NASA.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket was used to propel the spacecraft toward the space station from the Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA livestreamed the launch on the agency's website, YouTube channel, the NASA app, NASA Television and the NASA+ APP.
VIDEO AT LINK..................
"Boeing engineers and technicians closed the hatch to the CST-100 Starliner after ensuring NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were safely secured in their seats ahead of launch," Boeing said in an earlier Wednesday statement. "Mission operators will conduct leak checks on the capsule to prove the hatch has a tight seal and is holding pressure."
The launch of the crewed Starliner flight came after several delays and two scrubbed launches.
A power distribution source failed Saturday to end that launch attempt.
NASA said that was an issue in "a single ground power supply within one of the three redundant chassis that provides power to a subset of computer cards controlling various system functions, including the card responsible for the stable replenishment topping valves for the Centaur upper stage."
In May an oxygen relief valve problem stopped the planned launch.
Starliner will carry the astronauts to the space station to spend over a week in a crewed test to prepare for Starliner certification.
They will return to Earth 10 days after launch in the same capsule for a parachute landing in the Southwest United States.
NASA said the astronauts made some last-minute phone calls before launch Wednesday morning as they prepared to enter an environmentally controlled chamber prior to launch.
Celebrate success? You oughta put some cream on your butthurt... 😁
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Elon is going to launch again humanities largest object ever on June 6th it dwarfs every other rocket by payload including the Saturn V. If dotgov wasn’t actively trying to hurt SpaceX they would have put up two or three by now but the FAA keeps dragging its feet. Last time the RCS failed with the dreaded stuck valve fault which plagued American rocket development in virtually every program in its development the stories are legend of that fault. This time they will put in fail closed valves so you don’t get the venting and tumble of last time on orbit.
Ya got nothing to say...... Boeing has devolved into a useless government jobs program.
Only if the door or heat shield falls off.................
Flight 4’s objective is focused solely on achieving orbit and reentry.
Gotta get up early for the Starship launch tomorrow, and then Starliner docking with ISS.
How did the white guy get on the crew?
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We flew home this morning from Portland Oregon back to DFW and well...let’s just say everytime I fly.....I’m somewhat relieved when it’s an Airbus instead of a Boeing. I’ll leave it at that......smooth and quiet all the way too. As usual with Airbus.
“Someone besides Elon is sending astronauts into space. ...”
That is a good thing because private enterprise will get to space long before FedGov’s butt-boy NASA with their muslim outreach programs will.
In First, SpaceX’s Megarocket Starship Succeeds in Ocean Splashdown
AFP6 Jun June 6, 2024
https://www.breitbart.com/news/worlds-most-powerful-rocket-starship-set-for-next-launch/
Sparks and debris flew off the spaceship as it came down over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia, dramatic video captured by an onboard camera showed, even as it succeeded in its goal of surviving atmospheric re-entry.
“Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!” tweeted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. “Congratulations SpaceX team on an epic achievement!!”
Boeing’s Starliner Now Has 5 Leaks While Parked Outside the ISS
https://gizmodo.com/boeing-starliner-spacecraft-fifth-helium-leak-iss-nasa-1851534977
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