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Boeing's Starliner capsule, which is being developed to bring astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station. (Photo : Boeing)

Boeing & # 39; s A spacecraft intended to transport crews and goods to and from the International Space Station suffered an anomaly last month during a test in New Mexico , confirmed the aerospace giant

The spacecraft CST-100 Starliner system, which is designed to quickly propel the ship u space far from a rocket in case of emergency, was put to the test last month to test White Sands "During the engine shutdown, an anomaly s & rsquo; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Was produced that resulted in a propellant leak, "said Boeing in a statement to FLORIDA TODAY'S HUI. "We conducted a thorough investigation with the help of our NASA and our industry partners."

The teams, said Boeing, are confident that the cause of the anomaly has been isolated and that patches are underway. for the time being. It is unclear whether the problem could affect the launch of Starliner by a Cape Canaveral United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket this year and launch a crewed version shortly thereafter, to certify the spacecraft for the full ISS. .

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Verification of the abandonment system is part of this certification process.

"Flight Safety and Risk Mitigation SpaceX, also selected under NASA's $ 6.8 billion commercial Crew contract, is also due to launch its Dragon spacecraft on a demonstration mission unmanned with the help of a Falcon 9. rocket before a second demonstration flight with a crew.The spacecraft itself arrived at Cape Canaveral earlier this month

Boeing and SpaceX were aimed at similar dates for the launch of unmanned and crewed demonstration flights, but NASA is expected to announce more refined dates for these missions in August .This is only after these missions that the two companies will be able to carry out coherent missions aboard the ISS

The next launch of the Space Coast is scheduled for the first hours of Saturday, August 4. SpaceX will launch a rocket Falcon 9 The launch complex of the station Cape Canaveral Air Force 40 with the commercial communications satellite Telkom-4 and is aiming for a drone landing shortly after takeoff. The teams have between 12:34 and 3:34 to launch

Contact Emre Kelly at [email protected] or at 321-242-3715. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook on @EmreKelly.

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