The Starliner capsule, which was launched by Boeing Space last week as part of the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission, is preparing to take off from the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for May 26. The spacecraft successfully docked at the space station on May 21, completing the step that led to the failure of its first mission in 2019. In the latest update of the mission, NASA said the capsule will return in a few days to land in the desert in the western United States. states. Recently, NASA and Boeing mission teams rehearsed in preparation for the landing, which will take place in New Mexico.
NASA is preparing to broadcast the disconnect
The unmanned Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to disembark autonomously from the space station at 12:06 a.m. (IST) on May 26, before embarking on its voyage back to Earth. NASA and Boeing are heading to 4:19 a.m., when the capsule will parachute into the New Mexico desert, ending a six-day test flight. The capsule arrived at the space station with about 362 kilograms of cargo for the astronauts and will return with 272 kilograms of cargo.
The White Sands Space Harbor at the US Army’s New Sands Missile Range in New Mexico is the main landing site. The report on the freak will begin at 12:06 on the official website of NASA, NASA television, the NASA application and the official YouTube channel of the agency.
What is the OFT-2 mission?
The OFT-2 mission was launched to test Starliner’s capabilities from end to end from launching to docking, re-entering the atmosphere and landing in the desert. This mission is Boeing’s second shot under NASA’s license, after the first in 2019 failed because Starliner failed to dock on the ISS. Boeing is one of two companies, apart from SpaceX, that won a NASA contract to develop a spacecraft to launch cargo and crew to and from the space station. While SpaceX won NASA approval to launch a cargo crew, as evidenced in 2020 by the Demonstration-2 (Demo-2) mission, Boeing does not yet have a license for such missions.
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