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<\/a>NASA\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission to send two of the agency\u2019s astronauts to the International Space Station is in the final stages of prelaunch operations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft, stacked on a ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, rolled from ULA\u2019s Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 4, in preparation for launch.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch, with the cumulus cloud rule being the primary weather concern<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch aboard Starliner to the <\/span>International Space Station<\/span><\/a> as part of the agency\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/span>. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. EDT Monday, May 6. The astronauts will spend about a week at the orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth and making a <\/span>parachute and airbag-assisted landing<\/span><\/a> in the southwestern United States.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After successful completion of the mission, NASA will begin the final process of certifying Starliner and its systems for crewed rotation missions to the space station. The Starliner capsule, with a diameter of 15 feet (4.56m) and the capability to steer automatically or manually, will carry four astronauts, or a mix of crew and cargo, for NASA missions to low Earth orbit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n NASA will provide live coverage of the launch, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on May 6, on <\/span>NASA+<\/span><\/a>, NASA Television, the <\/span>NASA app<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>YouTube<\/span><\/a>, and the agency\u2019s <\/span>website<\/span><\/a>. Learn how to <\/span>stream NASA TV<\/span><\/a> through a variety of platforms including social media.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Learn more about NASA\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test by following the <\/span>mission<\/span><\/a> blog, the <\/span>commercial crew blog<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>@commercial_crew<\/span><\/a> on X, and <\/span>commercial crew<\/span><\/a> on Facebook.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Elyna Niles-Carnes <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission to send two of the agency\u2019s astronauts to the International Space Station is in the final stages of prelaunch operations.\u00a0 Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft, stacked on a ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, rolled from ULA\u2019s Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape \u2026 Continue reading <\/a>