After yesterday’s launch of the primary crewed Starliner mission was scrubbed, NASA, Boeing and ULA made the choice to attend a number of days earlier than making one other try. Starliner was scheduled to lastly elevate off on Saturday afternoon after a sequence of delays, however this try was aborted as a result of a last-minute situation with a floor laptop system that performs a key function in launching the rocket. Whereas NASA and companions mentioned presumably flying right now following their evaluation of the difficulty, they’ve determined to carry off till the subsequent alternatives, both on June 5 or 6.
Saturday’s launch wasn’t scrubbed as a result of an issue with the Starliner craft itself, however as a result of an computerized maintain was issued by the bottom launch sequencer for a then-unknown motive. In a press convention afterward Saturday, Tory Bruno, president and CEO of ULA defined that it got here all the way down to an issue in verifying the launch sequencer’s redundancy. There are three massive computer systems on this system, all of that are the identical so it’s “triple redundant,” Bruno stated. Throughout the system well being examine within the minutes earlier than launch, one of many computer systems got here up sluggish, triggering an computerized maintain.
NASA stated the choice to forgo right now’s launch try was made with a purpose to “give the group extra time to evaluate a floor assist gear situation.” The launch window opens once more on June 5, however no goal liftoff time has been introduced simply but. If Starliner doesn’t fly by June 6, it’ll be set again by at the least one other 10 days, ArsTechnica stories, because the ULA group might want to swap out the Atlas V rocket’s batteries.
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