Boeing Starliner making “strange” pulsing noise, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore reports

The Boeing Starliner has seen delays, cost overruns and helium leaks — and now, the astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) caught a strange noise coming from the spacecraft in the lead-up to its departure this week.

Astronaut Butch Wilmore radioed mission control in Houston on Saturday to report a “strange noise” coming through the speaker. In the exchange, an Earthside NASA crew member described the sound as “kind of like a pulsing noise, almost like a sonar ping.”

According to NASA, the sound reportedly came from an audio configuration between the space station and capsule, and has no technical impact on the crew, the ship or any operations. However, the latest sound has raised concerns from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Global’s Kyle Benning has more on what this might mean for the project.

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[MilcomChemosh]

It’s a Boeing. You’re lucky the door didn’t fall off.

[ВездесрущийДемон]

That noise. It is just an alien hatching out of its egg. Nothing to worry about.

[Zak]

Over budget 1.5 billion. Disgusting. And they were thinking about going to the moon.

[Cristoforo]

The last thing you want to hear when you’re trapped in the cold vastness of space. Jeez

[entyen]

“Houston, it looks like it belongs to Weyland Yutani Corporation, anyone heard of them”?

[ILLRICARDO]

deathtrap... I don't think these astronauts will survive till February next year.

[NV.NinetySeven]

I think it’s the hatch door, sounds like it’s trying to “spin” or lock to something but just keeps spinning. Almost like a lawn cutter when u don’t attach the hook properly.

[Stormcastle]

Boeing is promising all the problems will be fixed on the new model - Starliner MAX 🤣

[FlowKio]

Where did all that money go? How big does the yacht need to be?

[irri]

Like a submarine. Starliner is going down.🫡

[drquinnmedicinewoman]

oh no! I asked miss cleo about the happenings and she said, "The end is near"!

[karlmckinnell]

A Boeing engineer banging his head on a table 😂. If Boeing can’t wire up a speaker 😟

[Mondoblasto]

The plane problems are bad enough, but you'd think that the ONE THING Boeing would want to get down cold is a manned spacecraft...

[McGregor-rp]

Boeing has been on a mission to make the news for all the wrong reasons 🤦

[blakeaaron]

If I hadn't already gone crazy being stuck up there, that repetitive echo would have pushed me over the edge for sure.

[TheTransformationBodySwap]

I can see the Boeing stock dropping now at the stock market

[alde]

The funniest part is that this thing is probably worth half a trillion dollars and the astronauts were like “ can you hear it when I hold the phone to the speaker ? “
“Nah sorry mate can’t hear it, can you hold it closer. Ok everybody be quiet, can you turn the volume on the iPhone up ? “ 😂😂😂

[ǾœœǾ]

It's an alien trying to escape from his contention pod.

[michaelsomething]

Boeing proudly announced that they would no longer be hiring people based on talent or aptitude. Is this strength?

[TheCookingRat]

This hits especially after watching alien Romulus