Here's everything you need to know about Boeing's first astronaut launch for NASA.
The wait is nearly over for Boeing and NASA teams working toward sending a new spacecraft with two astronauts to the International Space Station and back.Following years of delays and additional testing, Boeing's CFT-100 Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to launch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the space station on what is known as the Crew Flight Test for Starliner.Liftoff is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. ET on Monday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Both astronauts are retired Navy captains going to space for the third time. As the CFT crew, the astronauts will test out Starliner's capability to certify the spacecraft for future astronaut missions. As former Navy test pilots, both astronauts say it is an honor. "I sort of have to pinch myself a little bit to understand we're actually going," Williams told reporters this week. NASA will begin live launch coverage at 6:30 p.m. ET on NASA.gov and NASA TV.
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