Boeing's Starliner mission was scrubbed Monday. Here's when it will try to launch again.
Trouble with a valve in the rocket's upper stage prompted engineers to make the call to delay the long-awaited launch
A new launch date is now targeted for Friday, the United Launch Alliance announced. The planned launch would send two veteran NASA astronauts to the International Space
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Monday's launch would have been the third and final orbital flight test for Boeing's Starliner before it could be approved to make routine trips to space for NASA.
But about two hours before the capsule perched atop an Atlas V rocket built by United Launch Alliance could liftoff from the Kennedy Space Station
mission managers scrubbed the flight. The United Launch Alliance said the decision came after an anomaly was detected on the pressure regulation valve in the liquid oxygen tank of the rocket's upper stage.
Today's #Starliner launch is scrubbed as teams evaluate an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur Stage on the Atlas V.
"The team needs additional time to complete a full assessment," the United Launch Alliance said in a statement.