Watch: Boeing Starliner to launch crewed test flight after numerous delays

The Hill Staff

5 June 2024 at 9:45 am·1-min read

Watch: Boeing Starliner to launch crewed test flight after numerous delays

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Liftoff for the Boeing Starliner is scheduled for late morning Wednesday at NASA’s Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

This mission, the inaugural test flight for Boeing’s first-crewed space craft, was originally scheduled for May 6, but technical concerns have led to several delays for the culmination of a decade-long project.

The Starliner, crewed by flight commander Butch Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams, will head for the International Space Station propelled by an Atlas V rocket. A successful journey will be the first human-piloted flight using the Atlas V since the 1960s, and mark the 100th deployment of the model, including satellite launches.

T-minus zero is set for 10:52 a.m. EDT.

Watch the live video above.

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