Boeing, NASA hoping third time's the charm to launch new Starliner spacecraft with astronauts

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Monday, June 3, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Today, Boeing, NASA and United Launch Alliance hope to finally have a successful crewed launch of Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after two attempts were scrubbed.A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

"In particular, the ULA team worked really hard to quickly learn more about these issues, keep our NASA and Boeing teams informed and protect for this next attempt. We will continue to take it one step at a time."In 2014, NASA gave contracts to both SpaceX and Boeing to provide a new spacecraft capable of ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station , as the space agency had mothballed its space shuttle program and was reliant solely on Russian Soyuz rockets.

Saturday's scrub follows a previous attempt on May 6, which was called off due to an oxygen leak on ULA's Atlas V rocket.

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