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Boeing Starliner Launch Called Off


In case you missed it:

Boeing called off its first astronaut launch because of a valve problem on its rocket on Monday night.

Two Nasa test pilots had just strapped into Boeing’s Starliner capsule when the countdown was halted, just two hours before the planned liftoff. A United Launch Alliance engineer, Dillon Rice, said the issue involved an oxygen relief valve on the upper stage of the company’s Atlas rocket.

There was no immediate word on when the team would try again to launch the test pilots to the International Space Station for a week-long stay. It was the latest delay for Boeing’s first crew flight, on hold for years because of capsule trouble.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/06/boeing-starliner-launch-scrubbed

An article on the BBC the day before said all problems had been worked out but I can't seem to find that article - I won't look to hard for it though, I don't want to say anything bad about Boeing as I like being alive.

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