Boeing Starliner's 1st crewed trip to the ISS delayed again over battery overheating risk
Boeing's first mission carrying astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Starliner capsule, scheduled for April, is now delayed until summer due to the risk of overheating batteries.
NASA is concerned that the Starliner's lithium-ion batteries could overheat while docked to the ISS. Although executives from the space agency agreed the risks were low, they were hesitant to move forward with Boeing's mission to loft two astronauts, Sunita"Suni" Williams and Barry"Butch" Wilmore, into orbit.
Boeing declined to comment on any potential issues with about its battery system."We are working closely with NASA to identify Starliner Crew Flight Test launch opportunities," a spokesperson toldSteve Stich, head of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, said the company is now thinking about redesigning its batteries and adding shielding in the event one overheats,Stitch said that SpaceX also had to change the battery design of its crewed capsule at one point too.
Boeing is also planning to revamp a section of its spacecraft containing thrusters used to separate Starliner's main crew module from its service module, before it returns to Earth. NASA has agreed to fork out at least $24.8 million to overhaul the system.
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