A ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida set for June 5, 2024. NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is the first launch of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft and ULA Atlas V rocket with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Credit: Ken Kremer / Space UpClose
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Hopefully the third time is the charm for the maiden crewed launch the Boeing Starliner commercial crew capsule on a test flight carrying two veteran NASA astronauts to the ISS now targeting Wednesday June 5.
Following two earlier scrubs the Starliner capsule named Calypso is set for liftoff of the CFT or Crew Flight Test Mission at 10:52 p.m. ET on June 5, 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida
The first Starliner flight with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams is known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test
ULA Atlas V rocket topped by Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard stands vertical on Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida set for June 5, 2024. NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is the first launch of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft and ULA Atlas V rocket with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Credit: Ken Kremer / Space UpClose
Their mission to the International Space Station is set to last for about a one week stay aboard the microgravity laboratory.
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