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After a first test canceled at the beginning of May, two NASA astronauts were due to fly to the International Space Station on Saturday. But the launch was again postponed at the last minute.
Another last minute postponement. After a first takeoff attempt canceled in early May, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, June 1, with two astronauts on board for the first time. Takeoff was scheduled for 12:25 p.m. from Cape Canaveral in Florida (United States), or 6:25 p.m. in Paris and the weather forecast looked favorable. But the flight was canceled again at the last moment.
This is the second postponement of takeoff in less than a month for this mission, which should allow Starliner to transport NASA astronauts to the ISS for the first time. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two space veterans who make up the crew, were installed aboard the Starliner capsule in the morning.
It was to be propelled into orbit by a rocket and dock with the ISS around 1:50 p.m. Sunday (7:50 p.m. in Paris). 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.