Butch Wilmore and Suni William's voyage was only supposed to last about a week or so, but now it's looking like it might last longer than a month.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore talk to family members as they leave the operations and checkout building for a trip to launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Last week, he told reporters Tuesday that Wilmore and Williams have been using their extra time in space to test Starliner’s various systems in orbit, co-ordinating with ground crews to analyze the data and determine justHowever, re-entry is often the most perilous for spacecraft, and the Starliner will hit Earth’s thick atmosphere while travelling more than 22 times the speed of sound, with temperatures on the spacecraft’s exterior reaching roughly 3,000 F.
And that’s all before the Starliner deploys a set of parachutes, recently redesigned and tested by Boeing, to slow down the vessel before it hits the ground – the first time a U.S.-made capsule will parachute to terra firma, rather than landing in the ocean, an approach Boeing has said will make it easier to recover and refurbish for its next flight.
Once NASA officials give the team a go-ahead for a return, Starliner’s thrusters would be used to undock the capsule from the ISS and begin the roughly six-hour journey home.Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico.
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