By Marcia Dunn, Associated PressBoeing's Starliner capsule, atop an Atlas V rocket, sits the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 after being scrubbed Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
With only a split second to take off, there was no time to work the latest problem and the launch was called off. Bruno said one of the three redundant computers located near the rocket at the pad was sluggish. All three must work properly to proceed with a launch, he said. It was the second launch attempt. The first try on May 6 was delayed for leak checks and rocket repairs.Boeing should have launched its first crew around the same time as SpaceX, but its first test flight with no one on board in 2019 was plagued by severe software issues and never made it to the space station.