Boeing Starliner space launch: first manned flight test at Cape Canaveral live

What has caused the postponement?

"The engineering team has evaluated the vehicle is not in a configuration where we can proceed with flight today," an official in Mission Control said just two hours before the launch..

Starliner astronauts cross Crew Access Arm

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two astronauts that will crew the first manned flight of Boeing's Starliner, headed to the white room ahead of boarding the spacecraft that will take them to the International Space Station.

Meet the astronauts of the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test

Both Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore are retired US Navy captains and are veterans of two space missions. She joined NASA in 1998 and will be the pilot. He joined NASA in 2000 and will be the commander.

Learn about the Atlas V rocket boosting Starliner into space

Each Atlas V launch vehicle consists of two main stages. The launch vehicle's first stage stands 106.5 feet and the Centaur upper stage just over 41.6 feet. The whole rocket stands at 172 feet with the Boeing Starliner on top.

First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner

"The flight test will carry Wilmore and Williams to the space station for about a week to test the Starliner spacecraft and its subsystems before NASA certifies the transportation system for rotational missions to the orbiting laboratory for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program," informed NASA 
 

Hello and welcome AS USA coverage of the Boeing Starliner space launch

NASA and ULA (United Launch Alliance) are planning to launch the first crewed flight of the Boeing Starliner today. The capsule will be atop an Atlas V rocket developed by Lockheed Martin. It will lift off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida scheduled for 10:34 p.m. local time (ET).

The crew, once in space will fly to the International Space Station where they will spend just over a week before returning to Earth.