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After many delays and years of setbacks, Boeing (NYSE: B.SThe Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to launch on Saturday, a mission more than a decade in the making.
Lift off atop an Atlas 5 rocket, built by Boeing (BA). Lockheed Martin (LMT) The joint United Launch Alliance (ULA) project is expected to launch at 12:25 PM EDT (1625 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The flight, named Crew Flight Test, will transport NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams to and from the International Space Station on a week-long journey.
The project is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which in 2014 brought Boeing (BA) and SpaceX (SPACE) as the first private partners to send astronauts to the International Space Station.
Elon Musk's space exploration company completed its first crewed mission, Demo-2, in 2020. However, several development holdups and test flight delays have delayed Boeing's (BA) plans to realize the Starliner mission.
According to the most Latest updates From ULA, weather conditions remain suitable for a 90% launch. NASA will begin a live stream of the event on its website at 8:15 a.m. EST.