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Today's launch is significant because it could open doors for more private airline companies to collaborate with NASA. ... Starliner first did an unmanned test flight in 2019, but a software ...
NASA and Boeing were forced once again to call off the first crewed launch of the company’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were scheduled to ...
Mission controllers declared Monday’s launch “scrub” after an anomaly was detected on a valve on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, which the Starliner capsule was to ride into orbit.
A second launch attempt on 1 June was scrubbed when a ground computer failed. Subsequent delays were caused by helium leaks in the Starliner's service module; helium leaks would continue to be a problem throughout the mission. The third launch attempt on 5 June at 14:52:15 UTC (10:52:15 am EDT local time at the launch site) was successful.
Before the valve issue arose, Starliner — which Boeing designed to rival SpaceX’s prolific Crew Dragon capsule — was set to take off for its inaugural crewed test run at 10:34 p.m. ET Monday ...
Boeing Crewed Flight Test of Starliner, as part of the Commercial Crew Development program. 100th Atlas V Launch. First launch of humans from Cape Canaveral SFS since Apollo 7 in October 1968, first launch of humans on an Atlas vehicle since Gordon Cooper on Mercury-Atlas 9 on May 15 1963 and the first launch of humans on an Atlas V. 6 June
A launch attempt on May 6, 2024, was scrubbed due to an oxygen valve problem on the rocket. [93] Subsequently, a helium leak in the service module further delayed the mission. [94] [95] Another attempt on June 1 was scrubbed due to a ground computer hardware fault. [96] Starliner successfully launched on June 5 at 14:52 UTC (10:52 am EDT). [97]
Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, June ...