Sunita Williams and Bush Bilam went to space for only eight days. Now, more than three weeks have passed since they went to space. Many times, NASA fixed the date for their return, but America could not complete it. A group of astronauts sent to the space station on a special mission got stuck due to a malfunction in the spacecraft.
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Regarding this, the inter-agency NASA said that its two astronauts are going to stay longer at the International Space Station because they are fixing the technical fault that occurred in Boeingโs new space capsule during their trip there. Hello, I am yours. Today in Rachna India TV Explainer, we will try to find out why this happened.
What is the fault in the spacecraft? Why is there a delay in the return of the Star Liner Crew Pilot Spacecraft? First of all, let us know what is the fault in the spacecraft? What is the reason behind this? It is being told that while taking the spacecraft to the space station, there was a leakage of helium gas and some fault in the thrusters. The spacecraft was launched on 5 June.
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And when the Star Liner spacecraft was launched from the Atlas rocket, even before that the mission team had come to know about the leakage of helium gas. The leakage of helium gas did not stop, and despite this, it was launched. All these problems came in the service module of Star Liner, which is installed in the lower part of the spacecraft, and from here, the spacecraft gets most of the power during the flight. Now let us know what is Star Liner Crew Flight Test Spacecraft. Actually, the space capsule in which both the astronauts have gone is called Star Liner Crew Flight Test Spacecraft, which is a space capsule.
This capsule is prepared to take the passengers in space to the low earth orbit. Let us tell you that the range of the low earth orbit is up to a height of about 2000 km from the earth. This capsule can be used up to 10 times and after each use, it takes only 6 months to prepare it again. Now let us find out the reason why there is a delay in their return. Actually, there is a delay in bringing back the two astronauts because Boeing and the space agency NASA want to do some research and tests in New Mexico. Through this, they are trying to understand how some thrusters of Starliner can suddenly malfunction during space travel. How did this happen? Out of the five thrusters, four were later repaired, but now one is faulty; that is, one still needs to be repaired, and it will not work in the entire mission. At the time of return, some parts of the service module will burn and get destroyed. Now, it remains to be seen what new date NASA will give for the return of these two astronauts. At present, no date has been revealed officially. What do you think?
By when will these two astronauts return to Earth safely and how helpful will their research prove to be?
