Another NASA oopsie...
Welp, first it was the Boeing Starliner issues (now 55 days and continuing, HERE). And a 'contrary' opinion of their options, HERE.
And now the NG supply capsule Cygnus didn't make the original Targeted Altitude Burn...
A Falcon 9 launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Aug. 4, but the spacecraft suffered problems that have delayed maneuvers needed to reach the station.
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:02 a.m. Eastern. The launch appeared to go as planned, with the Cygnus spacecraft separating from the Falcon’s upper stage in low Earth orbit nearly 15 minutes after liftoff. The liftoff, delayed a day because of poor weather, dodged the effects of Tropical Storm Debby to the west that, at one point, offered only a 10% chance of acceptable weather for the launch.
There were no updates from NASA or Northrop Grumman after spacecraft separation for several hours. However, communications between ISS astronauts and mission control indicated that the spacecraft had not performed initial burns to raise its orbit to enable an arrival at the station early Aug. 6.
Full article, HERE from Space News.
NG apparently had to override a low pressure alarm to get Cygnus to do two burns that put it in a 'catch up' mode, and it is supposed to arrive at the ISS sometime this morning.
At least now the Starliner pilots will have clothes to wear, and Cygnus is bringing replacement food for the ISS to replace what they've eaten out of the emergency supplies...
But, this will block all of the 'parking spots' at the ISS, which now puts the next Dragon flight in jeopardy, as there is no place to put the capsule when it arrives.
So, NASA is having to do a LOT of re/preplanning until they get this mess unscrewed. I really don't envy them...


Because I love Boeing SOOOOO much… detach it from the ISS and put it in a parking orbit downwind of the ISS and have Boeing send the ACCOUNTANTS up to fix the dam thing… It could be a movie of how the last three Boeing CEOs get shot into space to die Horta…., I mean FIX the problem. I’d pay 25 bucks at an IMAX theatre to see THAT… PS to whoever the Boeing hitman is, I’m sorry…. My luck it’s the pistolero from Türkiye too…
Meanwhile, United Launch Alliance just had another successful launch, sending a probe toward Venus. They regularly put stuff up in orbit and, I believe, send stuff to the ISS...yet people only talk about Space X and NASA. *sigh*