The astronaut of the POT, Butch Wilmorereported a strange sound in its spacecraft last Saturday “Boeing Starliner”which is stranded in the International Space Station (ISS).
According to Wilmore, the sound had a constant, pulsating rhythm, which he was able to demonstrate to Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, he reported. Ars Technica who obtained a sample of the audio.
“I have a question about Starliner. There is a strange noise coming out of the speaker…I don’t know what’s doing it,” Wilmore said.
The noise detected was reported to the POT who took on the task of investigating where it came from and, this Monday, has finally managed to solve the mystery.
What is the mysterious space sound reported by an astronaut?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that the sound captured by Butch Wilmore while on board the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, this is an echo.
“The speaker feedback was the result of an audio setup between the space station and Starliner. The space station’s audio system space station It is complex, allowing multiple spacecraft and modules to be interconnected, and it is common to experience noise and feedback,” the POT through their social networks.
The ship “Boeing Starliner” It was stranded on the International Space Station since June 6, after its crew, consisting of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams noticed faults in the machine’s engines.
Although the mission was not in danger, the astronauts were scheduled to return to Earth on June 9, but this was not possible.
Afterwards, the POT reported that the return of Wilmore and Williams It was supposed to happen on June 22, but the trip was postponed again.
On August 24, NASA decided that the astronauts will remain in the Space station until next February 2025, and they will travel back to the Land aboard the Crew Dragon SpaceXwhile the ship will return to the planet on September 6 without a crew.
With information from EFE and Reuters