Keith’s note: I just recorded a piece for Scripps News that should be airing on its various networks/stations about the current Boeing Starliner status and the planned EVA. ICYMI according to a Friday update from NASA: “NASA and Boeing leadership are adjusting the return to Earth of the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft … Mission managers are evaluating future return opportunities following the station’s two planned spacewalks on Monday, June 24, and Tuesday, July 2.” And today’s EVA was cancelled “due to a water leak in the service and cooling umbilical unit on Dyson’s spacesuit.” So … things are going to be TBD-ish for a while.
(more…)Keith’s note: On Friday I did a live shot on Scripps News on the Boeing Starliner CFT-1 mission. [Audio] I also taped some comments in advance for Bloomberg Radio that they’ll use tomorrow. On Saturday I’ll be on CTV at 1:00 pm EDT and at 2:00 pm EDT on Deutsche Welle talking about CFT-1. I’ll be on CGTN on Saturday at 7:00 pm EDT to talk about the Chang’e-6 lunar landing and then on Deutsche Welle on Sunday to talk about Chang’e-6 as well. Oh – Starship is going to do something next week, so … UPDATE: launch scrubbed at T-3:50 – launch sequencer saw something that it did not like. Further Further Update: I spoke with BBC Five Live Radio about the launch scrub for Boeing’s Starliner and China’s successful landing of Chang’e-6 on the far side of the Moon. (oh yes, there is a tennis update in the middle) [Audio]
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