The first launch of the Starliner spaceship from Boeing to the ISS ended abnormally
The first launch of the latest American manned spacecraft Starliner, developed by Boeing, ended in an emergency. The spacecraft entered orbit, but cannot start moving toward the ISS due to engine failure. This was reported by the press service of Boeing.
Boeing, on its Twitter page, said that Starliner’s spacecraft, developed by the company, was first launched unmanned to the ISS on Friday. The launch was made from the air base at Cape Canaveral in Florida using the Atlas V booster. The docking with the ISS is scheduled in a day.
- said in Boeing
In turn, NASA reported that the spacecraft was launched into space, it is in orbit, but cannot start moving toward the ISS, since "the engine did not turn on, which is necessary for approaching the ISS."
- said the head of NASA James Brydenstein.
The MCC in Houston confirmed the abnormal launch of the ship into orbit and reported that communication with the ship was not lost.
Earlier, Boeing said that after the unmanned flight of Starliner to the ISS, a flight with astronauts is planned, which should take place in 2020.
Note that today Roscosmos allocated for American astronauts two places on the Russian Soyuz for a flight to the ISS for 2020-2021.
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