The two NASA astronauts who flew Boeing’s Starliner capsule to the International Space Station on the first crewed flight encountered some problems as they approached the orbiting outpost.
The spacecraft was scheduled to dock with the space station at 12:15 a.m. ET, but problems with two of the 28 thrusters on the lower portion of the Starliner capsule thwarted that attempt.
NASA said it is now targeting a docking time of 1:33 p.m. ET.
The spacecraft is currently about 200 meters away from the International Space Station while mission controllers troubleshoot the issues. The problem involves the capsule’s reaction control thrusters, which are used to make changes to the spacecraft’s trajectory as it approaches the space station.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is more than 24 hours into its long-awaited inaugural crewed test flight to the space station. The capsule launched Wednesday atop an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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