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The first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi was postponed today due to concerns about a valve on the upper stage of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. It was the latest in a years-long string of delays for what’s expected to be a milestone mission for Boeing and commercial spaceflight. Liftoff had been set for 10:34 p.m. ET (7:34 p.m. PT) today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. But launch managers called a hold with a little more tha

Starliner is at last at its Florida launch pad for its historic 1st mission with astronauts. The Boeing spacecraft made a brief journey there May 4 to coincide with Star Wars Day.

Starliner is one step closer to making history. On Saturday, it made the slow roll out of the launch complex locking into place for Monday’s launch.

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is rolled out to the launch pad Saturday at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore

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.