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NASA foregoes Sunday launch, delaying Starliner takeoff to at least Wednesday


NASA foregoes Sunday launch, delaying Starliner takeoff to at least Wednesday The seemingly star-cross Boeing Starliner — within minutes of its long-delayed blastoff on the spacecraft’s first piloted test flight — was grounded again Saturday when one of three redundant computers managing the countdown from the base of the launch pad ran into a problem, triggering a last-minute scrub. Engineers initially were told to set up for another launch try Sunday, at 12:03 p.m. EDT, assuming the problem could be resolved in time. But NASA later announced the team would pass up the Sunday opportunity to give engineers more time to assess the computer issue.   More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 2)

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