Time: 2024-06-04
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is set to launch on Wednesday with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard. The historic Crew Flight Test mission was delayed on Saturday due to a computer issue just moments before liftoff. The launch, scheduled for 10:52 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, will be live streamed on NASA's website starting at 6:45 a.m. ET.
United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, will propel Starliner to orbit atop an Atlas V rocket. The mission was 3 minutes and 50 seconds from liftoff on Saturday when an automatic hold was triggered. Engineers determined the issue was with a ground power supply within one of the computers, which has since been replaced.
The astronauts will spend over 24 hours traveling to the International Space Station after liftoff. Once docked, they will spend eight days conducting tests before returning home aboard the same capsule. The two astronauts are currently in quarantine and preparing for the mission ahead of launch.
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