National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astronaut Butch Wilmore recently encountered an unusual situation aboard his spacecraft. Boeing Starliner Starliner is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS). On Saturday, Wilmore noticed a strange noise coming from a speaker on board the spacecraft. Unsure of the cause, Wilmore radioed Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to report the problem. “I have a question about Starliner,” Wilmore said. “I’m hearing a strange noise coming from the speaker… I don’t know what’s causing it.” His uncertainty is that the noise may be due to a International Space Station And is it a spaceship, or something else entirely?

Mission Control responded quickly, connecting via wire to listen inside the Starliner. Floating inside the spacecraft, Wilmore held a microphone over the speaker, allowing the control team to listen directly to the sound. The sound was clearly audible and described by the ground team as “a pulsating sound, like a sonar signal.” Wilmore recorded the sound again, then handed the situation over to flight controllers to investigate further.

Potential explanations and historical context

The exact cause of the noise emanating from the Starliner spacecraft has now been discovered and resolved. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)The pulsating feedback from the speakers was allegedly caused by an audio setup between the ISS and the spacecraft. The space agency said it was common to experience noise and feedback due to the complex nature of the space station’s audio system, which interconnects multiple spacecraft and modules.

Despite the issue, the space agency added that crew members, space station operations and Starliner will not be affected.

The issues come at a time when Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is already under intense scrutiny: The craft faced several technical challenges during its first crewed flight, including a serious helium leak and thruster failure, causing multiple delays in the return of astronauts to Earth.