NASA’s Boeing Astronauts at Launch Pad

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of liftoff scheduled for 12:25 p.m. ET Saturday, June 1, 2024. Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo credit: NASA+

We’re about three hours away from NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams heading to the International Space Station.

Wilmore and Williams just arrived at the crew access tower at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and will soon head into the White Room. The environmentally controlled chamber at the outer end of the access arm platform is where astronauts prepare to enter Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams walk through the crew access arm at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida before loading into Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket ahead of liftoff scheduled for 12:25 p.m. ET Saturday, June 1, 2024. Photo credit: NASA+

While in the White Room, the crew will make any last-minute adjustments before launch. Technicians also will complete a series of checkouts before Wilmore enters the capsule, followed by Williams.

The Starliner spacecraft is set to launch at 12:25 p.m. EDT on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Launch weather officers with the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions with onshore winds and the cumulus cloud rule being the primary weather concerns at the launch pad for a liftoff, scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT.

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