30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
... move allows the International Space Station team time to continue working checkouts of the newly arrived Roscosmos' Nauka module and to ensure the station will be ready for Starliner's arrival,” the US space agency said in statement yesterday...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... launched 34 rockets, the US 27 and Russia 25. Even if the US abandons the ISS, Russia will not and the Nauka module, when it arrives, will add considerably to the station’s scientific capacity. Perhaps most importantly, the investment by Putin...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... launch tomorrow [4 August]. Our team cycled the Service Module propulsion system valves and is taking time to gather data... stand down from the launch attempt after Russia’s Nauka module caused the International Space Station to spin following a...
13 August 2021
Stuck valves keep Starliner grounded, August flight now unlikely
... that enable abort and in-orbit manoeuvring of Starliner’s service module. Engineering teams have been able to power on Starliner, ... July, but the flight was delayed after Russia’s Nauka module ran into trouble soon after docking at the International ...
