First crewed boeing starliner mission will launch on may 6th – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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First crewed Boeing Starliner mission will launch on May 6th.

The spacecraft is being readied to carry astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station, with liftoff from Cape Canaveral scheduled for no earlier than 10:34PM ET.

The crew is expected to spend about a week at the orbiting laboratory before their capsule makes an airbag and parachute-assisted landing in the southwestern United States.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, set to carry NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station, passes in front of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft (pictured) before being placed on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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