NASA successfully launched Boeing's unmanned spacecraft Starliner bound for the International Space Station on Thursday, which NASA hopes will eventually carry astronauts.
around 7:10 p.m. ET Friday, NASA explained in a post-launch briefing. The hatch will be opened Saturday morning. after two previous failed attempts to get to the ISS.
Two of the spacecraft’s thrusters failed, Steve Stich NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager revealed, adding that backups successfully kicked in. "We’ve got to do a little bit more work to figure out why they failed off," he said. There are a total of 12 thrusters on the spacecraft. He added that the sublimator, "which flashes water into space to cool the spacecraft" was initially a little sluggish but worked fine once it was in orbit.
Joel Montaband, manager of NASA’s International Space Station program, called it a "landmark" mission, saying it "provides a second crew provider to the International Space Station team and the NASA program in general."
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