CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner has been pushed back again.
The launch is now no earlier than Monday, May 6. It was originally set for no earlier than May 1.
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The mission, which will bring NASA astronaut test pilots Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station in the Starliner spacecraft, is meant to be the capsule’s last test before it is certified for regular space station crew rotation flights.
NASA said the date change was made to accommodate activities toward the end of April on the space station.
“Ahead of Starliner’s launch, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crewmates will board the Dragon spacecraft, currently docked to the forward port, for a relocation to the zenith port of Harmony to allow for Starliner docking,” NASA said.
Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The astronauts will spend about a week docked to the space station before returning to Earth.
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