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#420
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 17:59
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Docking confirmed!@BoeingSpace's #Starliner docked to the forward-facing port of the @Space_Station
's Harmony module at 1:34pm ET (1734 UTC). @NASA_Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will soon make their way into the orbital laboratory, where they'll spend about a week
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1798771377245393221
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#421
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:04
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#422
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:04
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#423
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:05
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Docking highlights
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#424
by
eeergo
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:05
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So there was a grand total 2-hour delay because of the thruster issues (which affected redundancy only), which were generally resolved though hot-firing them and resetting overly conservative levels they were initially measured against. Unclear why those limits were there after OFT-2, and why they popped up in proximity operations only. Most, if not all, of the test program planned for the approach sequence was carried out, as was the automated docking.
A bit of a nothingburger in the end.
Congrats Starliner team, and Butch and Suni for powering through it all! Welcome to ISS.
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#425
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:08
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#426
by
Lee Jay
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:09
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So there was a grand total 2-hour delay because of the thruster issues (which affected redundancy only), which were generally resolved though hot-firing them and resetting overly conservative levels they were initially measured against. Unclear why those limits were there after OFT-2, and why they popped up in proximity operations only. Most, if not all, of the test program planned for the approach sequence was carried out, as was the automated docking.
A bit of a nothingburger in the end.
Congrats Starliner team, and Butch and Suni for powering through it all! Welcome to ISS.
So, is there any reason to believe the mission will be cut short to ensure safe undocking and return? Or, do these leaks and thruster issues affect the undocking and return?
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#427
by
cpushack
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:11
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So there was a grand total 2-hour delay because of the thruster issues (which affected redundancy only), which were generally resolved though hot-firing them and resetting overly conservative levels they were initially measured against. Unclear why those limits were there after OFT-2, and why they popped up in proximity operations only. Most, if not all, of the test program planned for the approach sequence was carried out, as was the automated docking.
A bit of a nothingburger in the end.
Congrats Starliner team, and Butch and Suni for powering through it all! Welcome to ISS.
So, is there any reason to believe the mission will be cut short to ensure safe undocking and return? Or, do these leaks and thruster issues affect the undocking and return?
The manifolds are all closed when docked, so no leaking while at station. Only effect is on amount of time they have AFTER docking (they said they are down to 90 hours of freeflight, which should be plenty)
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#428
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:12
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Suit doffing for Butch and Suni.
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#429
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:14
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Hard capture complete (12 hooks (2 sets of 6))
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#430
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:18
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#431
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:23
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/06/06/boeings-crew-flight-test-on-starliner-docks-to-station/Boeing’s Crew Flight Test on Starliner Docks to Station
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, successfully docked to the International Space Station at 1:34 p.m. EDT. Starliner launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 10:52 a.m., June 5 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
During flight, Wilmore and Williams successfully performed manual piloting demonstrations of Starliner and completed a sleep period. Prior to crew sleep, mission teams identified three helium leaks in the spacecraft. One of these was previously discussed before flight along with a management plan, and the other two occured when the spacecraft arrived in orbit. To monitor and manage these leaks, the three helium manifolds were closed in flight during the crew’s sleep period and were all reopened ahead of rendezvous and docking operations. After docking, all Starliner manifolds are closed per normal plans.
As Starliner began its approach to the space station, five reaction control system thrusters failed off during flight. Mission teams performed a series of hot-fire tests which re-enabled four of the thrusters while the crew manually piloted the spacecraft at the station’s 200-meter hold point. After re-selecting four of the thrusters, Starliner had the fault tolerance required to approach the space station for docking. At the 10-meter hold point, the mission team completed system readiness evaluations and proceeded with docking.
Starliner’s hatch opening will begin about 3:20 p.m., with welcome remarks to follow.
NASA will continue coverage on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media.
NASA will host a post-docking media conference at approximately 5 p.m. with the following participants:
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
Jeff Arend, manager for systems engineering and integration, NASA’s International Space Station Office
Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing
Caption:
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts aboard approaches the space station for an autonomous docking as it orbited 257 miles above the South Pacific Ocean.
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#432
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:26
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Next (for Tracy), ISS APAS hatch open
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#433
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:29
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Hatch opening schedule at about 19:20 UTC (and welcoming ceremony 20 mn later).
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#434
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:30
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Hello Suni !
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#435
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:33
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June 6, 2024: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter, the Soyuz MS-25 crew ship, and the Progress 87 and 88 resupply ships.
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#436
by
Robert_the_Doll
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:33
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Congratulations for the docking to Boeing and NASA. This has been too long in coming, but now for the second time in two years, there are two different crew-rated U.S. spacecraft at ISS, and this time the second one has crew aboard.
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#437
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:38
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Jeanette Epps, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson and Matthew Dominick
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#438
by
ErikSwan
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:47
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Butch keeps asking "Who is Matt?" on the big loop, presumably in jest. Does anyone know the inside joke here? Do Matthew Dominick and Butch know each other really well?
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#439
by
centaurinasa
on 06 Jun, 2024 18:48
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