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ULA announces launch date for new Boeing Starliner after scrub – WFTV

ULA announces launch date for new Boeing Starliner after scrub – WFTV

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — We now know when Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft could take off from our Space Coast.

ABC News has confirmed that the next launch attempt is scheduled for no earlier than May 17 at 6:16 p.m.

Read: Boeing Starliner crewed launch canceled Monday evening

United Launch Alliance officials will launch the Atlas V rocket from the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral space station.

It will go to the Vertical Integration Fund.

Crews will replace an oxygen relief valve in the upper stage of the Centaur rocket.

Officials had canceled Monday evening the crewed launch of the Starliner, which would have sent two astronauts to the International Space Station.

The test flight will be crucial for NASA to certify Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for regular missions to the ISS.

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