NASA Boeing Starliner crew flight test launch scrubbed

The launch has been 'scrubbed'. The reason given was that the computer system stopped the count down, although the cause of that is not yet clear. According to Tory Bruno, the CEO of United Launch Alliance, the leading suspects are either a hardware problem of a network communication issue.

Thanks for tuning in. Issues during the ground launch sequence led to the cancellation. 

Where can you see the Starliner launch from the ground?

NASA has provided a map of where the Starliner will be visible from the ground as it heads into space today.

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Who are the astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft? Meet the crew of the first manned flight

Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams are ready and waiting to take the Starliner for a spin in space. Meet the astronauts who will crew the first manned flight of the Starliner spacecraft.

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 12:25 p.m.local time (EDT).

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