Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launch delayed due to rocket fault
- by New Scientist on MSN.com
- May 07, 2024
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule will have to wait for its first crewed flight, as a 6 May launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida was called off due to an issue with the Atlas V rocket. NASA has not yet announced a new date for the launch, but when it does go ahead Starliner and its two passengers will head for the International Space Station (ISS).
Starliner has been in the works for more than a decade, but its first test flight didn’t take place until 2019. That flight reached orbit, but software issues prevented it from meeting up with the ISS. A second uncrewed test flight in 2022 was successful, setting the stage for the first crewed test.
The two test astronauts aboard Starliner are Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, each of whom has already been to the ISS twice before. The plan is for them to stay aboard the ISS for a week before returning to Earth.
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