Starliner

Managers are still troubleshooting a number of thruster issues and helium leaks on the capsule's first crewed flight test.

The Boeing Starliner launch was halted with just minutes to spare. The mission to the International Space Station was to carry two NASA astronauts. Starliner has already faced years of delays.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Thursday afternoon with its crew of two NASA astronauts after a 25-hour trip from the Cape.

NASA, Boeing, and ULA teams will take additional time before proceeding with the launch of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The teams now are targeting a launch no earlier than 3:09 p.m. Saturday, May 25, for the flight test carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station.

Early Tuesday morning, ULA officials announced, "the team needs additional time to complete a full assessment, so we are targeting the next launch attempt no earlier than Friday, May 10."

The crew will be the first human passengers in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.

The Starliner spacecraft is now sitting atop the ULA Atlas V rocket that will send it and two NASA astronauts on a mission to the ISS, launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station next month.

Boeing was set to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The Starliner program has been plagued by delays.

With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing's astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station for the first time, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts.

The delay of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is prompting NASA to reassign two of its astronauts to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on a mission to the International Space Station next year.