Boeing aims to launch its first Starliner flight with astronauts on Wednesday, in the latest attempt to fly the long-delayed spacecraft.
Boeing launched its first Starliner flight with astronauts on Wednesday, beginning a crucial final flight test of the long-delayed spacecraft.Starliner's crew debut has been delayed by years, while SpaceX's competing Dragon capsule has flown astronauts for NASA regularly since 2020.The launch took off at 10:52 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida with two NASA astronauts aboard.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft sits to Space Launch Complex 41 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 3, 2024.In between the two previous launch attempts, NASA and Boeing found a "small" helium leak in Starliner, causing the agency and company to perform another series of assessments. After analysis, NASA and Boeing believe the source of the leak is in the spacecraft's helium propulsion system.
Williams was selected by NASA in 1998 and has also flown to space twice before, on the Space Shuttle and then the Soyuz. Williams was also a Navy pilot, like Wilmore, before joining the space agency.Boeing's Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday, May 30, 2024.Starliner launches on ULA's Atlas V.
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