Starliner crew ready for launch WFTV [Video]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first crewed flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is scheduled for Monday, May 6, at 10:34 p.m.

The craft will launch to the International Space Station atop a ULA Atlas V rocket.

On Wednesday afternoon, the veteran astronauts who’ll fly NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test spoke about the flight from crew quarantine at the Kennedy Space Center. 

“We’ve been through quite the process over the years,” astronaut Butch Wilmore said. “And it’s been a thrilling process to be two Navy-trained test pilots and go through the process of this first flight.”

Read: Boeing’s Starliner flight test: Meet the astronauts

The Starliner flew its first uncrewed flight test in 2019 but failed to reach the space station. 

The Starliner reached its destination during the second uncrewed orbital flight test in May of 2022. 

But teams still had to resolve issues with the spacecraft’s parachute system and remove miles of tape that posed a …