Boeing’s Starliner program is set to launch its first crewed mission into space this upcoming weekend after previous technical problems delayed the takeoff.
Both NASA and Boeing approved the key test flight, which will take place on Saturday, 12:25 p.m. local time, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The first test flight, which will carry two NASA astronauts, is intended to reach the International Space Station (ISS).
The spacecraft, carrying astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, will ride on the top of Atlas V, a rocket constructed by United Launch Alliance (ULA). A successful flight into orbit would show the program can get astronauts to the ISS and back home. Boeing would be…
