Washington, March 13:
Astronaut Sunita Williams’ return from the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed once again. However, this time the reason is not a defect in the spacecraft, but a technical problem in the launch vehicle. Due to this, SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission to be sent to the ISS was postponed just an hour before launch. Now an attempt will be made to launch this mission once again on March 14.
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Mission was launched on 5 June 2024. Under this mission, NASA sent its two astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Butch Wilmore on an eight-day trip. Both were sent on the mission via the Starliner spacecraft. This was the first flight of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) with astronauts.
The mission on which Sunita and Barry are is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Actually, NASA aims to send safe, reliable and low-cost human missions from the US to the International Space Station in partnership with US private industry. This test mission was launched for this purpose. The goal of this mission was to show Starliner’s ability to carry out six-month rotational missions to the space station. The crew flight test was designed to test readiness and collect necessary performance data before long-duration flights. (Agencies)