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After a first test canceled at the beginning of May, two NASA astronauts are due to board the American manufacturer’s aircraft on Saturday.
After a first takeoff attempt canceled at the beginning of May, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, June 1, with astronauts on board for the first time. Takeoff is scheduled for Saturday at 12:25 p.m. from Cape Canaveral in Florida (United States), or 6:25 p.m. in Paris. The weather forecast looks favorable.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two space veterans who form the crew, were installed in the morning aboard the Starliner capsule. It will be propelled into orbit by a rocket and must dock with the ISS around 1:50 p.m. Sunday (7:50 p.m. in Paris). Starliner will stay there for a little over a week, before bringing its two passengers back to Earth.
At the beginning of May, the two astronauts were already installed on board when takeoff was canceled at the last minute, due to a problem with a valve on the rocket, which has since been changed.