Starliner’s first crewed flight will get scrubbed simply earlier than launch

The primary crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has as soon as once more been referred to as off, this time after an automated maintain was issued by the bottom launch sequencer lower than 4 minutes earlier than liftoff. As a launch commentator defined throughout NASA’s livestream, the bottom launch sequencer is the pc that takes over the terminal rely and basically launches the rocket. “The rationale for that maintain is just not recognized presently,” he mentioned. Starliner’s subsequent likelihood to fly is tomorrow at 12:03PM ET, however whether or not it does will rely on the result of the group’s investigation into right now’s problem.

In a short replace, NASA mentioned the launch was scrubbed “as a result of laptop floor launch sequencer not loading into the right operational configuration after continuing into terminal rely.” Why this occurred, although, stays unclear. “The ULA group is working to grasp the trigger,” NASA mentioned.

It has been delay after delay for Starliner, which was initially imagined to take its first flight with astronauts on board again on Might 6. If it may’t launch on Sunday, it’s going to produce other alternatives on June 5 and June 6. The mission, wherein the craft will ship astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the Worldwide House Station for a short keep earlier than bringing them again residence, is supposed to validate Starliner as a viable crew transportation system.