The fire started just before 8 a.m. from a lithium-ion battery attached to the thruster in the boat, according to Patrick Hill, chief of Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire Department.

Wilmore said that as the Starliner approached the International Space Station, they lost the first thruster. As the Starliner got closer to the space station, a second thruster was also lost.

He earlier said the crew did not realise Manawanui remained on autopilot and mistakenly believed its failure to respond to direction changes was the result of a thruster control failure.

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Since announcing Supernova last April, Portal says it has advanced the technology for its STP system, including additively manufacturing a heat exchanger/thruster for it. The company has hired key ...

The Boeing Starliner faced a critical situation during its approach to the International Space Station (ISS), where multiple thruster failures brought it within minutes o losing full control and ...

That's what I was thinking. And oh my, what happened? We lost the first thruster." When vehicles approach the space station, they use two imaginary lines to help guide their approach. These are ...

Asked if he blamed Boeing for the propulsion system helium leaks and thruster problems that ultimately led NASA to bring the Starliner down without its crew, extending their stay aboard the space ...

Abstract: This article addresses a finite-time trajectory tracking control problem for autonomous underwater vehicles with parametric uncertainties, external disturbances, thruster faults, and ...

Center for Space Propulsion and Gravitational Universe (SPaGU), School of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China Plasma ...

Their mission was originally expected to last only eight days in orbit, but the spacecraft suffered multiple propulsion system helium leaks and thruster problems. Now 286 days later and covering ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has hit a major milestone by successfully conducting a 1,000-hour life test of its 300mN (millinewton) Stationary Plasma Thruster. The groundbreaking ...