Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are ready to fly aboard Boeing's capsule, which is set to launch to the International Space Station (ISS).
Boeing hopes that the third time will be the charm for its Starliner mission, set to finally make its inaugural launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday.After NASA was forced to scrub the most recent launch window at the last minute on Saturday due to a failure in the computer that launches the rocket, the Starliner spacecraft, with humans on board, is once again on track to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.NASA and Boeing are targeting 10:52 a.m.
The astronauts will test various aspects of Starliner's capabilities, including the spacecraft's thruster performance, the functionality of their spacesuits within the capsule, and manual piloting in case the crew needs to override the spacecraft's autopilot.Once aboard, they will join the seven astronauts and cosmonauts currently on the ISS for an eight-day stay.
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