«Valve defect», new attempt in days

It took ten years to be ready for this launch, but evidently a few more days are needed. Two hours before the scheduled take-off time, 4.34 am on January 7, Boeing announced that the first flight of the capsule Starliner must be postponed. At least until May 10th. It is a new means of transport for crews that they have to reach International Space Station and that was it commissioned by NASA from Boeing in 2014. Based on launch of Cape Canaveral, in Florida, everything seemed ready. But a technical problem with the rocket forced the company to stop the countdown. The decision was made because it was detected a defect in a valve which regulates the pressure of liquid oxygen. The trip of the two has therefore also been postponed two astronauts that they had to be on board for testing the seats, life support and navigation systems on board, and then remained on the International Space Station for approximately 10 days, before returning to Earth. With this flight Boeing aspires to become the second certified private company for missions to and from the ISS, together with SpaceX A race that they started together in 2014, but which Elon Musk’s company clearly won, whose first manned launch dates back to 2020. Four year ago.