Leader Online Desk: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams was scheduled to go to space for the third time on Saturday (1st). Meanwhile, the computer stopped counting three minutes before the start of the journey. As a result, Sunita Williams' journey has been postponed. Why is this trip postponed? The reason for this is clear. Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams' space flight postponed for the second time
Boeing's Starliner space capsule was ready for a test flight with Indian-origin Sunita Williams and NASA astronauts. However, due to a computer cancellation system, the automatic was stopped minutes before the launch. has been suspended indefinitely.
Moments before launch, the abort was initiated by the ground system computer responsible for maintaining coordination during the final phase. With just three minutes and 50 seconds left on the clock, the system issued a command to stop the launch sequence. According to officials, the Starliner capsule itself appeared to be in good condition.
What did the manager of NASA's commercial crew program say?
“I know it's a little disappointing, we're all excited,” Steve Stich, manager of NASA's commercial crew program, told Reuters. Tory Bruno, CEO of the United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin that owns the Atlas V rocket, suggested the problem could be a hardware malfunction or a network communication problem between the three computers that manage the automatic launch system.
He was going to space for the third time
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams had previously traveled to space in 2006 and 2012. Going into space for the third time after 12 years. According to NASA, Sunita has spent a total of 322 days in space between the two missions.
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