(10 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: MUST CREDIT NASA
NASA – MUST CREDIT NASA
Cape Canaveral, Florida – 5 June 2024
1. Final countdown and liftoff of Boeing Starliner test flight to the International Space Station
TEXT: Boeing’s new Starliner capsule launched early last month.
2. Various of Starliner in flight
TEXT: The two astronauts aboard were expected to come back to Earth weeks ago from the International Space Station.
NASA-MUST CREDIT NASA
International Space Station – 10 July 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Suni Williams, NASA test pilot: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"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.
NASA – MUST CREDIT NASA
International Space Station – 6 June 2024
4. Various of Boeing’s Starliner capsule docking at International Space Station
5. Starliner docked at ISS
NASA-MUST CREDIT NASA
International Space Station – 10 July 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Suni Williams, NASA test pilot: ++COVERED++
"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."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Butch Wilmore, NASA test pilot: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"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 ."
NASA – MUST CREDIT NASA
International Space Station – 6 June 2024
8. Various of Wilmore and Williams arriving aboard ISS, being greeted by astronauts
NASA-MUST CREDIT NASA
International Space Station – 10 July 2024
9. 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."
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.
NASA ordered up the Starliner and SpaceX Dragon capsules a decade ago for astronaut flights to and from the space station, paying each company billions of dollars. SpaceX’s first taxi flight with astronauts was in 2020. Boeing’s first crew flight was repeatedly delayed because of software and other issues.
_____
The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d818bcce2ddb422cb7bebb87580e81be
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in July 15, 2024, 6:04 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
