According to local time, at 11:30 pm local time, Boeing had launched the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station with a crew of two people. The spacecraft was supposed to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but the space flight was postponed for safety reasons. BBC.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams were already aboard the Starliner when the decision was made to abort due to a possible problem with the oxygen valve.
Boeing said in a social media post that another launch attempt could be made on Friday at the earliest.
As I said before, NASA's first priority is safety. We'll go when we're ready
– said NASA head Bill Nelson.
The mission was delayed for several years due to setbacks in the development of the spacecraft. However, Boeing hopes to become the second private company, after Elon Musk's SpaceX, to be able to transport crews to and from the International Space Station.
The Starliner's first unmanned test flight was originally scheduled for 2015, but was eventually postponed to 2019. When that happened, software errors caused the internal clock to fail and so much fuel was used that the capsule was unable to reach a station. Space International.
The second attempt was scheduled for August 2021, but was postponed again until May 2022 due to problems with the payment system. When the Starliner finally left Earth, it was able to complete its entire mission, but there were concerns about the performance of some of the spacecraft's engines and cooling system.
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