The launch of Boeing’s first Starliner mission with astronauts aboard was called off on Saturday for at least 24 hours over a technical issue, a company official said.
2nd attempt to blast off scrubbed; 1st launch attempt failed on May 6
After a May 6 launch scrub, Boeing and NASA are trying once again to launch the first crew on Starliner, where they will dock with the International Space Station.
The launch of Boeing’s first Starliner mission with astronauts aboard was called off on Saturday for at least 24 hours over a technical issue, a company official said.
The launch was scrubbed for a second time just a few minutes before the scheduled time to blast off.
NASA ground control, reporting from Cape Canaveral in Florida, said the final countdown was put on hold at 12:21 p.m. ET by the ground launch sequencer, a computer program responsible for systems during a launch.
The space agency said the two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, were to be removed from the capsule.
A first attempt to launch Starliner failed on May 6 over an oxygen leak.
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