Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Report Unusual Noises From Boeing Starliner Spacecraft

In a recorded dialog, Wilmore famous the noise sounded virtually like a sonar ping.

NASA astronauts on board the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) have reported unusual, unexplained noises coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. This surprising incident comes simply days earlier than Starliner’s scheduled undocking and return to Earth and not using a crew on September 6.

Astronaut Butch Wilmore, at present stranded on the ISS alongside Sunita Williams, contacted NASA’s Mission Management in Houston to report the weird sounds. In a recorded dialog, Wilmore famous the noise sounded virtually like a sonar ping. 

NASA’s Mission Management confirmed the noise as a “pulsing” sound however has but to find out its origin. The sound has been a supply of concern and hypothesis amongst each the crew and NASA engineers.

Consultants suggest mundane potentialities, equivalent to electromagnetic interference or audio system suggestions.

Starliner crew stories listening to unusual “sonar like noises” emanating from their craft. That is the actual audio of it: pic.twitter.com/xzHTMvB7uq

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Chris Hadfield, astronaut and former commander of the ISS, stated, “There are a number of noises I would want to not hear inside my spaceship, together with this one which Boeing Starliner is now making.”

There are a number of noises I would want to not hear inside my spaceship, together with this one which @Boeing Starliner is now making. pic.twitter.com/NMMPMo5dtt

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) September 1, 2024

“You saying this hits quite a bit in a different way than practically anybody else saying this,” a person commented.

You saying this hits quite a bit in a different way than practically anybody else saying this

— Cbo (@cbo_mlb) September 1, 2024

One other requested if it was “some form of strain or temperature change.”

any guesses, chris? some form of strain or temperature change?

— sam mcallister (@sammcallister) September 1, 2024

In the meantime, somebody speculated, “This seems like a suggestions loop between a floor station and the spacecraft that’s being modulated by an AGC (computerized acquire management) circuit. The roughly one second cycle time could be a mixture of transmission distance, buffering and the biking of the AGC circuit.”

My private hypothesis:

These comm programs are complicated and sturdy, nonetheless; This seems like a suggestions loop between a floor station and the spacecraft that’s being modulated by an AGC (computerized acquire management) circuit. The roughly one second cycle time could be a…

— DGM (@DGMJK) September 2, 2024

The Starliner mission, initially deliberate for an eight-day period, has confronted quite a few delays and technical challenges. Wilmore and Williams have been aboard the ISS for practically three months attributable to points, together with thruster failures and helium leaks.

With the Starliner now set for an unmanned return, NASA has determined to convey Wilmore and Williams again to Earth in February 2025 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.