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will launch on an uncrewed test flight to space station to prove its ready to carry astronauts to and from the station for NASA. The mission has been a longtime coming.
A December 2019 test flight launched into orbit but failed to reach the station. That was OFT-1. Then, in July 2021, an attempt to launch OFT-2 was stalled due to stuck thruster valves. Now, Boeing has addressed the valve issue and is ready to try again. The United Launch Alliance, which built the Atlas V rocket, rolled the booster out to its pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station yesterday. The- Sunita Williams, Mike Fincke and Butch Wilmore - told reporters Wednesday that they're excited to watch Starliner launch on its OFT-2 mission since it will set the stage for their own Crew Flight Test-1 mission in the near future.
NASA's webcast for the launch will begin at 6 p.m. EDT . You can watch the Boeing Starliner launch live through liftoff. Here's a webcast schedule from NASA:Launch coverage begins NASA's Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla.Launch, with coverage continues through the orbital insertion engine firing for Starliner approximately 31 minutes after liftoff. 3:30 p.m.
Welcoming remarks by the Expedition 67 crew on the arrival of NASA's Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 vehicle to the International Space StationBoeing's Starliner astronaut taxi is all set for a Thursday launch of OFT-2, a crucial uncrewed flight to the International Space Station. , held a launch readiness review for the mission today , and everything went well."It was short; it was very clean.
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