The U.S. space agency, NASA, announced this Sunday a new suspension of the launch of Boeing’s commercial spacecraft ‘Starliner’.
“Teams have suspended today’s launch attempt of Boeing’s ‘Starliner’ crew test flight due to an automatic hold on the ground launch sequencer,” NASA said in their X social media account.
This Sunday was scheduled for the takeoff from Cape Canaveral Space Base in Florida of Boeing’s ‘Starliner’ spacecraft, which was supposed to take two astronauts to the International Space Station. There have been six delays since the failed launch on May 6. The last scheduled date had been May 25.
NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) teams, which provides the Atlas V rocket, have indicated there will be new launch opportunities on Sunday, June 2, Wednesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 6.
Meanwhile, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will continue practicing in Starliner simulators to prepare for the flight.
The NASA Commercial Crew Program collaborates with the U.S. aerospace industry in a public-private partnership to advance a program of rocket travel launched from U.S. soil to provide “safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation” for missions to space stations to increase research time.
