Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Scrubbed

Starliner ready to launch on launch pad
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Launch of Boeing’s long-awaited Crew Flight Test (CFT) was called off about two hours before the planned liftoff on May 6 to address an issue with an oxygen relief valve in the upper stage of the spacecraft’s Atlas V launch vehicle. Launch was later rescheduled for no earlier than May 10. "The team...
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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