{"id":2335580,"date":"2024-09-02T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-astronauts-stuck-in-space-report-hearing-strange-noise\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:43:08","slug":"nasa-astronauts-stuck-in-space-report-hearing-strange-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-astronauts-stuck-in-space-report-hearing-strange-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space Report Hearing &#8216;Strange Noise&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnasa-astronauts-stuck-in-space-report-hearing-strange-noise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2335580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the days leading up to the Boeing Starliner&#8217;s scheduled return\u2062 to \u200dEarth, astronaut Butch \u200dWilmore reported a strange noise coming from \u2064the\u2062 capsule&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tempers-flare-outside-courthouse-after-rittenhouse-verdict\/\" title=\"WATCH: Tempers Flare Outside Courthouse After Rittenhouse Verdict\">speaker system<\/a>. During a\u200c communication with Mission Control, he shared his concerns about the anomaly, which was characterized as a distinct &#8220;pinging&#8221; sound, resembling sonar. Despite \u200dattempts to \u2064investigate, no clear explanation for the\u2062 noise was provided. The Starliner is\u2062 set \u2063to return \u2064to Earth without its crew, as safety concerns have prompted\u200b NASA to conduct the operation autonomously, with ground\u2062 crews in control. Wilmore and fellow \u200bastronaut Suni Williams, who were \u200dinitially part of \u200cthe Starliner&#8217;s crew when it arrived at the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight\/\" title=\"Republicans Slam Psaki\u2019s Space Force Slight\">space station<\/a>, will remain there until their planned return in February \u20622025. Safety discussions between NASA and Boeing about the risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasas-unmanned-moon-launch-halted-after-fuel-leak\/\" title=\"NASA\u2019s Unmanned Moon Launch Halted After Fuel Leak\">sending astronauts back<\/a> on the Starliner\u200b resulted in the \u2062decision \u2062to forego a crewed\u200b return.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Days before the troubled Boeing Starliner is scheduled to fly to Earth, a noise was reported aboard the capsule.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got a question about Starliner,&rdquo; astronaut Butch Wilmore said Saturday as he hailed Mission Control, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2024\/09\/starliners-speaker-began-emitting-strange-sonar-noises-on-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArsTechnica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a strange noise coming through the speaker &hellip; I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s making it,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wilmer wanted the Houston experts to hear what he was hearing, wondering at one point if it was an anomaly in the connection between the space station and the Starliner.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recording of what came next, a distinctive, audible pinging sound came when he put his microphone up to the connection from Starliner.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: Boeing Starliner is now emitting strange noises.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eq9eTW1Ml2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Eq9eTW1Ml2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VfXMgWfsI0\">pic.twitter.com\/VfXMgWfsI0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ALEX (@ajtourville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajtourville\/status\/1830256447583916110?\">September 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Alright Butch, that one came through,&rdquo; Mission Control said. &ldquo;It was kind of like a pulsing noise, almost like a sonar ping.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll do it one more time, and I&rsquo;ll let y&rsquo;all scratch your heads and see if you can figure out what&rsquo;s going on,&rdquo; Wilmore said.<\/p>\n<p>After another round of pings, &nbsp;Wilmore ended the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Alright, over to you. Call us if you figure it out,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, no explanation had bene given for the noise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There are several noises I&rsquo;d prefer not to hear inside my spaceship, including this one that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boeing?\">@Boeing<\/a> Starliner is now making. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NMMPMo5dtt\">pic.twitter.com\/NMMPMo5dtt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cmdr_Hadfield\/status\/1830380090569494973?\">September 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Starliner is scheduled to depart the space station. It will not carry Wilmore and Suni Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, NASA will bring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nasa-set-bring-starliner-back-will-leave-crew-space-boeing-drama-gets-even-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starliner home<\/a> on autopilot, with ground crews on Earth at the controls.<\/p>\n<p>Although Wilmore and Williams rode the craft to the space station in June in what was supposed to be a short mission, they have remained on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-shoots-for-landing-astronauts-on-the-moon-by-2030\/\" title=\"China aims to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.\">space station due<\/a> to concerns with the Starliner&rsquo;s safety.<\/p>\n<p>Safety concerns led to the decision to send the Starliner back this week without its crew, while the astronauts are currently scheduled to return to Earth in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/astronauts-stuck-space-next-year-boeing-starliner-puts-horrifying-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Stich, NASA&rsquo;s Commercial Crew Program manager, said talks between NASA and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boeing-staffers-humiliated-elon-musks-spacex-steps-save-stranded-astronauts-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boeing<\/a> over putting the astronauts on the Starliner for their return &ldquo;came down to a little disagreement about risk,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/25\/us-news\/boeing-employees-humiliated-that-spacex-will-save-astronauts-stuck-in-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Astronaut Butch Wilmore reached out to Mission Control on Saturday, expressing his concern about the unusual sound coming from the speaker. &#8220;I have a question regarding Starliner,&#8221; he stated, unsure of its source. He wanted Houston&#8217;s experts to listen in on what he was hearing and speculated whether it might be an issue with the connection between the space station and Starliner. A recording revealed that when he positioned his microphone near the connection, a distinct pinging sound could be heard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alright Butch, we heard that one,&#8221; Mission Control responded, describing it as a pulsing noise similar to sonar pings. Wilmore indicated he would repeat it for them to analyze further before concluding their communication with &#8220;Alright, over to you. Call us if you figure it out.&#8221; As of Monday, no explanation had been provided for this noise.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Starliner is set to leave the space station without carrying Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams back home; instead, NASA will operate it remotely via autopilot from Earth. Although Wilmore and Williams initially traveled aboard Starliner in June for what was intended as a brief mission, they have remained at the space station due to safety concerns regarding Starliner\u2019s operation. Discussions between NASA and Boeing about returning astronauts on board were reportedly complicated by differing views on risk management according to reports from The New York Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2335581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/starliner.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20139,11488,3819,5088,39913],"class_list":["post-2335580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-astronauts","tag-nasa","tag-report","tag-space","tag-strange-noise"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/starliner.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}