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Boeing’s Starliner sprung two new leaks in its propulsion system after launch from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, but NASA has told its two NASA astronauts on board that it’s safe to proceed with planned docking at the International Space Station today.
Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams are flying the Crew Flight Test mission that marks Starliner’s first human spaceflight. They awoke at 4:30 a.m. asking for an update after teams identified hours after launch two more helium leaks on top of one that was already known of before launch.
“Actually, umm, we’re kind of curious where we stand as far as our leaks. If we could get a summary on that, that would be wonderful,” Wilmore said.
Two of the valves were closed with the spacecraft remaining stable, according to NASA.
“Regarding the leaks we spoke of last night, the big picture is the current leak rates are, we are going to be able to support a rendezvous today with that,” replied the NASA capsule communications officer Rob Hayhurst from Houston.
The next SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy rocket is set to launch from Texas this morning on an orbital flight that aims to achieve more control in landing operations.
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The rocket became the most powerful rocket ever to achieve orbit in a February generating more than 16 million pounds of thrust on liftoff, but the Super Heavy booster crashed into the Gulf of Mexico while the Starship upper stage burned up during reentry over the Indian Ocean.
On what will be its fourth orbital launch attempt, SpaceX wants both parts to make more controlled descents mimicking landings as if they were touching down on drone ships at sea, but still just landing in the water, once again in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean.
The 2-hour launch window opens at 8 a.m. EDT but SpaceX said it was targeting an 8:50 a.m. liftoff with weather at 95% chance for good conditions. The 396-foot-tall stacked rocket would launch from SpaceX’s test launch site Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Its first two tries in 2023 both ended explosively before the partial success in February.