NASA Responds to ‘Strange Noise’ Heard by Astronaut Coming From Starliner Spacecraft

NASA said that the strange ‘pulsing sound’ is not unusual and poses no threat to the astronauts.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station docked to the Harmony module's forward port on July 3, 2024, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the adjacent port. NASA via AP

NASA on Monday responded to an audio recording that surfaced last week of an astronaut asking about an unusual noise that was emitting from Boeing’s Starliner craft.

Audio that was captured during a live NASA broadcast and posted on social media included a transmission between astronaut Butch Wilmore and mission control in Houston. The recording was taken by a meteorologist, Rob Day, who posted it on the NASA Spaceflight (NSF) forum. The audio was ultimately confirmed by NASA.