#NASA #Boeing #Starliner. It looks like there WILL be a post-scrub press conference in about one hour or so, The announcement will be on the NASA Blog page for the mission blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-...
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - If there is a post-scrub press conference, my question would be " SO how did the wet dress rehearsal go?" Seriously Things up until the scrub were going well wondering how the ingress/egress procedures went on a launch day?
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sounds like the ULA Team was talking with the team in Denver to try a few things to start troubleshooting the issue. Also preparing for detanking of the Atlas. Astrovan passing by the VAB and the Press site, crew quarters will be another 10-minute drive
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Flight crew is now at the ground floor, They'll get back to the crew quarters take off the flight suits, and get a briefing as to next steps
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Astrovan will be pulling up to the Crew Access Tower in a few, Butch Wilmore laughing a bit, Sunni giving the name tags back to the white room team. Again the astronauts were going to fly the entire complement of the name tags for the white room team
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sunni Williams going through her "scrub " procedures, CDR Wilmore awaiting to leave "Calypso. " Looks like CDR is out now.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Crew Convoy van has arrived at LC- 41 to help drive the crew back to the crew quarters. ULA is saying that they will take a look at the data as to what may be the root cause of the off-nominal valve issue the go accordingly. PLT ( Willams) is egressing
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner -Again, the scrub today was due to an O2 Relief valve on the Centaur Stage on the Atlas V. Getting ready for crew egress at this time. Call out for the Crew Transport Convoy to come to the pad.
And NASA is about to send some of our Astronauts to the ISS aboard one of their capsules. A capsule that has repeatedly failed. That test should be canceled because...BIG YIKES. #Space #Boeing
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www.cnn.com#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sound like the errant Valve was on the Centaur stage. The Rocket business is a set of 10 million details., and if all of those details don't look good, we don't fly.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Will begin flight crew egress a scrub has been called awaiting to hear more from ULA Team had some observations on the O2 relief valve that looked off and decided to scrub for today.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sounds like a scrub... due to the engineering team, the vehicle is not in a configuration to resume the count and is scrubbing for today.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Looks like the Zero-G indicator is tethered, the White room team is asking if there was anything else that they needed assistance with. Hearing nothing they wised thier friends well.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - T- 2 hours 6 min and counting still go on all sources
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Comm checks underway, and good Good Leak Checks on the PLT's suit.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - About the United Launch Alliance AtlasV This will be the 100th launch of the Atlas V
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sounds like the go has been given for the "Gross Leak Check" to make sure her suit is maintaining good pressure. After the leak checks are complete, a look around for any foreign object debris inside the cabin.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Here's the link to watch the coverage via the NASA Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3q...
Watch live as two NASA astronauts launch from Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as one of the final steps on the road to certification. Launch of the ULA (United...
www.youtube.com#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Comm checks for the Pilot of the mission, Suni Willams are underway. Gross suit leak checks to follow then will do a FOD check to make sure nothing flys to space that should not.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sounds like the selection of the Zero-G Indicator is a plush Narwhal named "Calypso." Suni was supposed to command Starliner 1 but was reassigned to the CFT flight
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Looks like Sunni Willams is now on board, getting into the pilot seat, and getting in a lot earlier according to the coverage, the teams at the pad are well ahead of the timeline.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Getting dark at the Kennedy Space Center, According to ULA the AtlasV is fueled and ready to go, working no issues, and ready for the instantaneous launch window today
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Butch Wilmore will be taking the name tags of ALL of the members of the pad tram. During Shuttle, they only took two name tags
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Starliner, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test will validate the transportation system, including the launch pad, rocket, spacecraft, in-orbit operational capabilities, and return to Earth with astronauts aboard. - (Via ULA)
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sounds like they are ready for Suit gross leak checks, it's used to see if there is anything that is compromising Wilmore's suit. The Boeing Suit is about 40% lighter than the old Shuttle "Pumpkin Suits" Good leak check for Wilmore
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - And Butch Willmore making some comm checks the suit fan sounds like is coming on according to the coverage teams are about 7 minutes ahead of the planned timeline, The fan route air from the cabin into the suit. Paper checklists will be used for ascent after that: tablets
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - On the reported Ocilations: Sounds like they are in a stable replenishment at this point
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Looks like Sunni is on the phone making a phone call before boarding, She's making a phone call to Bill Barr who is working on the ECLSS system on Starliner. He started with the Skylab program and a great mentor according to the Boeing folks on the coverage.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Hearing from the coverage: The Starliner has a different implementation than Dragon on the console, there are switches and hand controllers unlike the touch screens on Dragon, not better just, different and more conventional
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - On the Audible sound that was reported - The sound is greatly diminished according to the pad team but it's still there.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sunni Willams is getting ready to board, they won't get Sunni on board until Butch is set.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Some FOD or Foreign Object Debris checks are underway and Wilmore is onboard Calypso ( The name that Sunni Willams gave the spacecraft )
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Sunni and Butch have signed the wall of the "White Room and taking a moment to "give thanks in his or her own way." Wilmore is a man of faith according to the NASA Narrators
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Butch Wilmore was talking a "bio break " Sunni Willams looking over the rail
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Hearing something about some oscillations and the pad team is reporting some sort of audible. Teams think its just an unexpected sound coming from the LOX Vent valve. Will have a stop flow for 5 minutes and restart.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Can see Butch and Sunni walking over and taking a look at thier launch vehicle, they have re-boarded the Astrovan and have arrived, ready to board thier ride to the ISS
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Butch Wilmore has said he loves the Starliner's agility he indicated he could do "barrel rolls" around the ISS if he was allowed to Sunni saying that being a part of this mission is like winning the "golden ticket" Thier job: test the vehicle for future missions.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Can see the convoy moving along to Launch Complex - 41 where the Atlas V awaits them to take them to the International Space Station. Blue Team preparing the Starliner for the crew's arrival.
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - A look at the Launch Profile for this evening's CST-100 Starliner launch attempt at 10:34 PM EDT 3 hours and 7 min from launch as a type this
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Can see the convoy on route to Launch Complex 41
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - Fun Fact CDR Butch Wilmore was a Top Gun Pilot. You can see him on the far right and Chris Ferguson is on the Far Left in this photo
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner And the Astrovan is on its way, there's a TV on board and what will be on? The Top Gun Maverick movie!
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner After a hud to Megan Donaldson the crew liaison officer the crew has boarded the Astrovan, Crew will be driving out just almost at local sunset "Golden Hour." Drive out to LC_41 will be about 25 minutes
#NASA #Boeing #Starliner - The roses we were wondering about, Butch and Sunni gave them to their family 2 min before the drive off