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Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik last updated 1 minute ago
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA on a critical test flight to show its commercial space capsule is ready to ferry crews to and from the International Space Station.
The so-called Starliner Crew Flight Test will launch on a weeklong mission to the ISS from Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5. Liftoff is set for 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 GMT), with landing set for a week later in the southwestern U.S. Follow our live updates of the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission here from launch to landing!
June 5, 2024 at 9:49 AM
STARLINER GO FOR LAUNCH!
The Launch Director for today's Boeing Starliner astronaut launch has conducted final GO-NO GO poll for today's launch and it is GO across the board. Starliner is again ready for launch. Just minutes remain before launch.
"Starliner, Go," Crew Flight Test commander Butch Wilmore said from inside the capsule during the test.
"We all know that when the going gets tough, as it often does, the tough get going, and you all have," Wilmore said. "Let's get going, let's put some fire in this rocket. "
"Let's go Calyspo, take us to space and back," pilot Sunita Williams said, referring to the name of the Starliner capsule.
More:
https://www.space.com/news/live/boeing-starliner-live-updates