① According to American astronaut Barry Wilmore on Saturday (August 31), the Boeing “Starliner” spacecraft stranded in the space station made repeated popping sounds; ② It is currently uncertain what caused the abnormal noise, but it is likely normal; ③ the Boeing “Starliner” has been stranded at the International Space Station for three months and is scheduled to leave the space station and return to Earth unmanned on September 6.
Financial Services News, September 2 (Editor Zhou Ziyi) On Saturday (August 31), American astronaut Barry Wilmore (Barry Wilmore) asked NASA ground crews for help, saying he heard repeated percussions from the Boeing “Starliner (Starliner)” spacecraft at the time.
A member of the NASA Space Flight Forum captured this interaction and first posted it in a post on the US technology website Ars Technica.
According to reports, Wilmore sent a message to NASA staff in Houston via radio on Saturday, saying, “There was a strange sound coming from the speakers of the 'Starliner. 'I don't know what kind of sound this is.”
Wilmore said he wasn't sure if the connection between the space station and the spacecraft was abnormal, or if something else caused the abnormal noise.
Wilmore then connected with NASA staff in Houston to show them the noise. It's a repetitive bang accompanied by a slight resonance sound when “something is on the wing.”
However, this mysterious noise is probably normal or not a big problem. At least, neither Wilmore nor the NASA ground crew members he spoke with seemed particularly concerned.
This Boeing “Starliner” has been stranded on the International Space Station for three months. Earlier, American astronauts Wilmore and Sunita Williams were launched aboard the Boeing “Starliner” spacecraft for the first manned test flight on June 5 and arrived at the International Space Station on June 6. Due to problems such as propeller failure and helium leaks, the return flight was repeatedly delayed.
According to a statement released by NASA at the end of last month, Boeing's “Starliner” is currently scheduled to detach from the space station on September 6, return to Earth without personnel, and land at Peshatai Airport in New Mexico, USA.
Due to the risk of the “Starliner”, the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, Wilmore and Williams will remain at the space station until February next year when they return to Earth aboard the American Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) “Dragon” spacecraft.