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    Meet the NASA Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts

    Let’s get to know the two NASA astronauts flying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for the first time as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission.  Butch Wilmore is the commander of tonight’s mission. Previously, he was a fighter pilot, U.S. Navy captain, and completed two other spaceflights for Expedition 41 in 2014 and for …

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    NASA’s Boeing Astronauts at Launch Pad

    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of liftoff scheduled for 12:25 p.m. ET Saturday, June 1, 2024.

    We’re about three hours away from NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams heading to the International Space Station.  Wilmore and Williams just arrived at the crew access tower at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and will soon head into the White Room. The environmentally controlled chamber at the …

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    NASA Astronauts Wave to Family, Friends as They Head to Launch Pad

    NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams walk out of Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, are suited up and on their way to the launch pad for today’s launch.  The duo spent about an hour putting on their suits and completing suit leak checks inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy …

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    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Launch Milestones

    An image of Boeing Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas Vrocket

    In less than four hours, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to lift off at 12:25 p.m. EDT aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.  As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, the mission …

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    NASA’s Astronauts Suit Up for Boeing Crew Flight Test Launch

    NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are being outfitted in their Boeing spacesuits inside the crew suit-up room at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as preparations continue for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test.  The Boeing Starliner suits are specifically tailored for this …

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    Watch Live: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Coverage Underway

    NASA’s coverage of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.  For the first time in history, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will send two of the agency’s astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Butch Wilmore, commander, and …

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    NASA, Mission Partners Ready for Starliner Launch

    Image of NASA and mission partners conducting a prelaunch briefing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Friday, May 31, 2024 ahead of NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test

    In less than 24 hours, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) are ready for the Saturday, June 1, launch of the agency’s Boeing Crew …

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    NASA, Partners Host Boeing Crew Flight Test Prelaunch Media Briefing

    Prelaunch operations continue ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test launch. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are ready, and the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, attached on the ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, rolled out to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May …

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    NASA, Mission Partners ‘Go’ for Crew Flight Test Launch

    NASA and Boeing teams polled “go” to proceed with plans to launch the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station at 12:25 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 1. During a Delta-Agency Flight Test Readiness Review Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, leaders from NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) verified …

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    NASA, Mission Partners Answer Questions Behind Starliner Scrub

    Managers from NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) hosted a media teleconference to discuss ongoing work ahead of sending NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test.  The media event provided an update on a valve ULA replaced on the Centaur …

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