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| NASA astronaut stuck in space reports ‘strange noises' coming from troubled Starliner capsule |
| 2024-09-02 |
| [NY Post] Uh Oh A NASA astronaut at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday reported hearing a "strange noise" coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft just days before it is set to leave the station and return to Earth on autopilot. The astronaut, Butch Wilmore, radioed Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston to inquire about the noise. On an audio recording of the exchange, Wilmore holds up a phone to the speakers so that Mission Control could hear the noise he was referring to. A pulsating sound emanating at steady intervals can be heard through Wilmore’s device. "Butch, that one came through," Mission Control says after not hearing it the first time. "It was kind of like a pulsating noise, almost like a sonar ping." "I’ll do it one more time and let you all scratch your heads and see if you can figure out what’s going on," Wilmore tells Mission Control, playing the sound one more time. Mission Control tells Wilmore the recording will be passed along and that they’ll let him know what they find. Wilmore clarifies that the sound is emanating from the speaker inside the Starliner. The bizarre sound was first reported by Ars Technica, which cited a recording first captured and shared by Michigan-based meteorologist Rob Dale. Fox News Digital has reached out to Mission Control and Boeing to inquire if the source of the sound has been identified. Starliner is slated to undock from the ISS, empty, and attempt to return on autopilot with a touchdown in the New Mexico desert. NASA decided it was too risky to bring back Wilmore and Suni Williams until February. The astronauts were originally slated for a weeklong trip in early June, but the mission has been mired in problems after thruster failures and helium leaks. Boeing had counted on Starliner’s first crew trip to revive the troubled spacecraft program after years of delays and ballooning costs. The company had insisted Starliner was safe based on all the recent thruster tests in both space and on the ground. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #11 Sgih. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2024-09-02 23:57 |
| #10 Cue beeps. Like an echo a screech, Then another, ensures after each. Three ppremature specters? Nope. Awkward detector Tucked somewhere the crew can't quite reach. |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2024-09-02 23:56 |
| #8 Well, it appears that Boeing's AI foray into their spacecraft is working. Next the "can" will begin making demands for DEI, reparations, etc. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2024-09-02 17:41 |
| #7 Techno-Pop? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-09-02 15:58 |
| #6 One ping only Vasiliy... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-09-02 13:15 |
| #5 If the capsule is rocking, don't come a knockin'. |
| Posted by: EMS Artifact 2024-09-02 10:02 |
| #4 At first I thought it was cursed. Now it appears to be possessed. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-09-02 08:40 |
| #3 Boeing is only a word. The reality is much, much worse. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2024-09-02 07:52 |
| #2 Listen: The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-02 07:28 |
| #1 We've seen this movie. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-02 06:53 |