Freighter bound for the ISS suffers engine abort

NASA's latest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has encountered problems on its way to the orbiting outpost. Northrop Grumman's Cygnus launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1502 UTC on August 4. It was the second of three Falcon 9 launches …

[Anonymous Coward]

"This includes clothing removed from the Starliner in favor of ISS spare parts"

So up at the ISS, it's the tried and tested, day 1, right way round, day 2 back to front, day 3 inside out, back to front, inside out.

Of course, if the underpants are briefs, they can then rotate them through 180 degrees, and use the left side as a gusset for another four days (as above) and then another 180 degrees to use the right side. Twelve days from one pair, so NASA need not rush on the laundry delivery.

As for tee shirts, astronauts can just do what male planet dwellers do, which is wear them normally until the armpits corrode.

Posts like this are what AC mode was invented for.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: "This includes clothing removed from the Starliner in favor of ISS spare parts"

Have you ever tried to 'get yourself out' of a pair of Y fronts that are inside out?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: "This includes clothing removed from the Starliner in favor of ISS spare parts"

Well no. But nobody said rocket science was easy!

If they're struggling they can always phone Tim Peake, I'll bet he's friends with Bear Grylls, and Grylls will definitely know how to handle an under-pant emergency.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: "This includes clothing removed from the Starliner in favor of ISS spare parts"

Does anyone actually use that stupid little passthru?

It puts such a "kink in the hose" that the whole operation becomes a waste of time.

(Thank god for that "Post anonymously?" checkbox)

[TVU]

"Are the woes of the Calamity Capsule catching?"

To be fair, it's still better quality than the shonky and leaky resupply Lada Progress capsules that keep getting sent to the ISS from Baikonur.

[martinusher]

The old Progress capsules are old -- decades old -- but they do appear to be reliable.

This the parable for our age. Do you want "the latest", the stuff that's fantastic, full of incredibly new features, ground breaking and so on? The stuff that's full of bugs (but we're get it right on the next release, honest?) Or do you want older stuff that's more prosaic but nethertheless appears to work reliably?

[RobHeffo]

Not necessarily true. Crew Dragon has been flawless because they do it all in-house and not subcontract out critical flight software to lowest bidder companies in India

[remainer_01]

You mean those capsules that keep on trucking day in day out?

[thexfile]

Remember space is not a necessary thing it's only a corporate thing.

[Scene it all]

All manned spaceflight could end tomorrow and it would not affect life on Earth one bit. Unmanned things like weather satellites, yes we depend on those a lot.

[Irongut]

Many experiments perfromed on the ISS can't be done by machines and I'm sure something done there has had an impact on Earth although I can't name a tech. Just because you can't see a direct benefit doesn't mean you haven't experienced it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Good reporting

A space article with just the facts rather than a tabloid smear piece? Oh it’s because it’s for the other companies.

[Anonymous Coward]

The Cygnus spacecraft has completed two delta velocity burns

“The Cygnus spacecraft has completed two delta velocity burns, and it remains on track for a capture by the space station’s robotic arm slated for 3:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The spacecraft is in a safe trajectory, and all other systems are operating normally.”