(10 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: MUST CREDIT NASA
NASA – MUST CREDIT NASA
International Space Station – 10 July 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Butch Wilmore, NASA test pilot:
"We did have some failures. As we’re all aware, we had lost a RCS jet and then we lost another one. And then you can tell the thrust, the control, the capability was degraded."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Butch Wilmore, NASA test pilot:
"This is this is the world of test. This is a tough business that we’re in. Human spaceflight is not easy, in any regime. And there have been multiple issues with every spacecraft that’s ever been designed. And that’s the nature of what we do. You know that mantra you’ve heard ‘failure is not an option.’ That’s why we are staying here now. We did have some degradation and our thrusters, and we know that. And that’s why we’re staying. Because we’re going to test it. That’s what we do. That’s what we do in this business. We’re going to get the data that we need to help inform our decisions so we make the right decisions."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Suni Williams, NASA test pilot:
"We are really satisfied with putting more people in the spacecraft once we get back, and we work through all the issues that we’ve found already. I’ll just reiterate again, this is a test flight. We were expecting to find some things. And so we are finding stuff and we’re we’re correcting it and making changes, making updates with our control team."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Suni Williams, NASA test pilot:
"We’ve been thoroughly busy up here, integrated right into the crew and every, every about once a week, we get to jump into Starliner and talk to our control team there and work through all the new nuances that they’re working, that they’re working very hard on the ground to make sure that we, will be able to come home before too long."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Suni Williams, NASA test pilot:
"We’ve practiced a lot, so I have a feeling I have a real good feeling in my heart that, this spacecraft will bring us home, no problem. But like Butch said, we’re learning now to make to optimize our specific situation and make sure that we know everything about it. You know, if we just came home, we’d lose the SM, and then we wouldn’t be able to go through all this testing and understand about our spacecraft."
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STORYLINE:
Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday that they’re confident that Boeing’s space capsule can return them safely, despite breakdowns.
NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Boeing’s new Starliner capsule early last month, the first people to ride it. Leaks and thruster failures almost derailed their arrival at the International Space Station, and has kept them there much longer than planned.
In their first news conference from orbit, they said they expect to return once thruster testing is complete here on Earth. They said they’re not complaining about getting extra time in orbit, and are enjoying helping the station crew.
“I have a real good feeling in my heart that the spacecraft will bring us home, no problem,” Williams told reporters.
The two rocketed into orbit on June 5 on the test flight, which was originally supposed to last eight days.
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