Cape Canaveral, Fla. — After Friday’s planned launch of the Boeing Starliner capsule was scrubbed, NASA announced that a new date has been set for the mission.
NASA is now targeting Tuesday, August 3rd to launch the Starliner spacecraft atop the ULA Atlas V rocket, which will conduct their second orbital test from the Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station.
LAUNCH UPDATE: We're now targeting 1:20pm ET Tues., Aug. 3 for launch of the @BoeingSpace Orbital Flight Test-2 atop a @ULALaunch Atlas V rocket.
— NASA (@NASA) July 30, 2021
NASA TV coverage begins at 12:30pm ET.
Docking to the @Space_Station is targeted for 1:37pm ET Wed., Aug. 4. pic.twitter.com/OZ9Bl4md6P
Liftoff is scheduled at 1:20 p.m. Be sure to tune into WDBO for live team coverage so you can hear it as it happens.
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