Only 12 days are left… that is why the American space agency NASA is on tenterhooks. Because Indian-origin astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore are stuck in space. Efforts are being made to bring them to Earth for the last 2 months. Now NASA has made a new plan in collaboration with Boeing Starliner. According to Boeing, their experts have done more than 100,000 computer simulations, which are absolutely accurate. There was no problem. With this system, we can easily land the astronauts on Earth.
Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore went to space on the first flight of Boeing Starliner. Currently both are stuck on the International Space Station because there was a malfunction in the spacecraft. Now computer simulations have shown that 27 out of 28 reaction control systems are completely fit, there is no fault in them. They have returned in the same way as they were sent. This makes it clear that if an attempt is made to bring back both the astronauts through this system, then there will be no problem.
How to get back to earth
To identify how the spacecraft malfunctioned and how it could be fixed, Boeing experts conducted not one or two but more than 100,000 computer simulations. Each lineup was examined in detail. An attempt was made to know what the situation would be when it would be undocked from the space station, enter the Earth’s atmosphere, and be taken over the ocean. For this, 7 ground tests of the reaction control system were conducted. A free flight was also conducted. Boeing issued a statement saying, our system seems foolproof. We hope that we will succeed in our mission soon. Boeing is currently analyzing the spacecraft data in collaboration with NASA. Because due to the explosion in the capsule’s thrusters and helium leak, the mission which was only for 8 days, has now extended to more than 60 days.
We remain confident in #Starliner and its ability to safely return to Earth with crew based on an abundance of testing conducted by our teams and @NASA in space and on the ground.
Find an extensive list of testing at: https://t.co/EeyAFier63 pic.twitter.com/dEsObZutYr
— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) August 3, 2024