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    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Hatch Closed

    Image of Boeing crews close the hatch to the Starliner capsule carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

    Just about one hour remains ahead of liftoff of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station.  Communication checks with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are complete. The hatch is now closed on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, named Calypso. Next up, a series of cabin leak checks and a cabin pressurization …

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    NASA’s Crew Flight Test Astronauts Arrive at Launch Site

    Image of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore stand near the crew access arm at Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

    We’re less than 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 …

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

    image of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on Wednesday, June 5, 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

    Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen during sunrise on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Photo credit: NASA Television

    In less than four hours, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to lift off at 10:52 a.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 Astronauts Suit Up for Crew Flight Test Launch to Station

    Image of NASA astronauts the crew suit-up room inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore inside

    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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    Weather 90% ‘Go’ for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

    Weather is looking beautiful for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to send two of the agency’s astronauts to the International Space Station. Launch weather officers with the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the launch pad for a liftoff, scheduled for 10:52 a.m. EDT.  Boeing’s Starliner …

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    Spacewalk Preps Continue as Cosmonaut Reaches Milestone

    An aurora swirls above the Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 266 miles above Earth.

    Spacesuits and eye checks filled the schedule on Tuesday as the Expedition 71 crew gears up for a trio of spacewalks planned for this month. The International Space Station residents also kept their research and lab maintenance duties while unpacking a new cargo ship. NASA Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Mike Barratt started their morning …

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    Spacesuits, Cargo Ops on Station as Starliner Targets June 5 Launch

    Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaches the International Space Station above the south Pacific on May 20, 2022.

    The Expedition 71 crew kicked off Monday with spacesuit work and cargo operations aboard the International Space Station. Back on Earth, mission managers are targeting June 5 for the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Crew Flight Test. Four NASA astronauts spent much of Monday in the Quest airlock checking out spacesuits and reviewing …

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    NASA, Boeing Set for June 5 Crew Flight Test Launch Attempt

    A ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Saturday, May 4, 2024, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

    Teams at NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday the company’s Starliner spacecraft, ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, and ground support equipment are healthy and ready for the next launch attempt. The first Starliner flight with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, is targeted to liftoff at …

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    NASA, Mission Partners to Update Media on Starliner Crew Flight Test

    NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) will host a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT to discuss Saturday’s scrubbed launch attempt of the agency’s Crew Flight Test due to an observation of a ground launch sequencer. The system was unsuccessful in verifying the sequencer’s necessary redundancy. NASA will provide news conference coverage on NASA+, NASA …

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