Teams replaced a faulty valve that led to the initial launch delay, but a new issue with the Starliner spacecraft has postponed liftoff for a second time.
It’s deja vu all over again. Boeing’s long-anticipated Starliner mission has been postponed for a second time due to a newly discovered issue with the spacecraft’s service module. On Tuesday, Boeing announced that liftoff for the first crewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft is now targeted for May 21 at 4:43 p.m. ET.
’s Commercial Crew Program and is meant to transport crew and cargo to and from the International Space Station under a $4.3 billion contract with the space agency. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the ISS and back. Following the initial scrub, astronauts Wilmore and Williams exited the Starliner spacecraft and launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and returned to the astronaut crew quarters at
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