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Boeing, NASA, and the United Launch Alliance (ULA) are now targeting<\/a> a June 2nd, 12:03PM ET crewed launch for Boeing\u2019s Starliner capsule after scrubbing it less than 4 minutes before liftoff on June 1st. If the Sunday launch happens, it will be the first time Starliner, which has faced multiple delays, will have flown with human beings on board. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n NASA says<\/a> the ULA is currently investigating why a computer, called a ground launch sequencer, didn\u2019t enter \u201cthe correct operational configuration,\u201d triggering an automatic hold. During a press conference afterward, ULA CEO Tory Bruno said the issue was that one of three redundant launch sequencers, which are used to control things like releasing connections to the rocket prior to launch, was slow to respond. He added that if a fix is \u201cas simple as replacing a card,\u201d the launch will happen on the 2nd. Otherwise, the launch will move back to June 5th or 6th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The flight is meant to take two US astronauts \u2014 Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams \u2014 up to the International Space Station (ISS), where they will dock (NASA will live stream this, as well<\/a>). Wilmore and Williams will stay on the station for a week to carry out testing of Starliner and its subsystems prior to NASA\u2019s final certification of the craft for rotational missions to ISS. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Starliner is part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program, which involves the agency working with private companies to develop novel spacecraft. SpaceX is also part of this program and has launched NASA astronauts since 2020<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n