BA - Boeing Starliner Delays Continue: Crewed Flight Test To Occur No Earlier Than May 17 Says NASA | Benzinga
The first crewed flight test of Boeing Co‘s (NYSE:BA) Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station will now be launched no earlier than May 17, NASA said on Tuesday, after the launch planned for Monday was halted.
What Happened: The launch planned for Monday was halted after an issue was identified with the Atlas V rocket that was supposed to carry the spacecraft to orbit.
United Launch Alliance, the company operating the rocket, has decided to replace a pressure regulation valve on the liquid oxygen taken on the rocket’s Centaur upper stage, NASA said, while adding that the launch is ...