NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams waves to friends and family upon exiting the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a launch attempt on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Williams, accompanied by NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, will be the first to launch to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff was scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT but scrubbed for the day.
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