Another Scrub For NASA-Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test

Boeing Starliner atop ULA Atlas V

The Boeing Starliner launch vehicle is pictured with crew aboard following the June 1 launch scrub. The first date for another launch attempt is June 5.

Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL — A second attempt to launch a pair of NASA astronauts on a shakedown cruise of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was called off 3 min. 50 sec. before liftoff on June 1 when an unknown technical issue caused the United Launch Alliance Atlas V’s automated ground launch sequencer to...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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