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Operating a space station requires astronauts. they are doing science up there. there is a lot of return on investment just from the science and the engineering lessons that we're learning in space there. >> bill: let's go, go, go. we have a good story here and thank you for being part of it. want to go to john down there in space coast and what it looked like. what did it feel like, jonathan? >> this was a very smooth launch and i'm glad you asked that because when you see a rocket launch up close, it is not just the look but the feel. the rocket is just so loud and the rumble so deep that yo...

Spaceship with astronauts onboard. the mission is years behind schedule. tom costello is at the kennedy space center. and tom, they also had to scrub just last month. >> reporter: that's right. may 6th they had to scrub because of a helium leak in the rocket made by united launch alliance. not boeing's problem. but then today another problem with united launch alliance rocket. the astronauts was strapped in, supny, butch, ready to go, and then a t-minus 3 minutes and 50 second, suddenly the computer stopped the launch. engineers now believe they have a hardware problem with the launch commuter...

Space station. the mission, already years behind schedule, repeatedly grounded by software glitches, fuel valve, and parachute problems on both the boeing spacecraft and the ula rocket. what do you tell anyone out there who's losing faith in this mission? >> the vehicles were ready. we just happened to have you know an unlucky ground card problem. so we'll fly when we're ready, and it should be soon. >> reporter: the next launch window is next wednesday. nasa awarding boeing more than $4 billion to get this mission off the ground and carry astronauts back and forth to the international space s...

Ahead to get a little break from the severe weather. >> we'll take that break. now to what turned out to be another disappointing and expensive day for boeing. its highly anticipated starliner launch scrubbed with just minutes to go, the crew already on board and ready. the delay blamed on a computer problem, which is not under boeing's control. >> reporter: tonight, new problems for boeing's starliner mission. moments after the spacecraft was cleared for the historic launch -- >> hold, hold, hold. >> reporter: the liftoff scrubbed with less than four minutes left on the clock. commander but...