By Marisa Laudadio
7:00am PDT, Apr 29, 2024
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Two veteran NASA astronauts are preparing for a thrilling new first in space travel.
In the coming days, the much-delayed Boeing Starliner spacecraft will launch with humans on board for the first time: Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams. The capsule will travel to the International Space Station atop an Atlas V rocket that's set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 on May 6.
Join us as we look at the best photos of the astronauts arriving to prepare for thie history-making launch, and see what the new Starliner capsule looks like…
NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a T-38 jet on April 25, 2024. They flew in for a mission aboard the Boeing Starliner that will take them to the International Space Station. That launch is set to depart from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 6, 2024.
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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft rolls out of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center to be transported to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 16, 2024.
Starliner is scheduled for its first crewed launch to the International Space Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on May 6, 2024.
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NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams prepared to address the media after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a T-38 jet on April 25, 2024.
They flew in for a mission aboard the Boeing Starliner that will take them to the International Space Station.
That launch is set to depart from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 6, 2024.
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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was rolled out of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center to be transported to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 16, 2024.
Starliner is scheduled for its first crewed launch to the International Space Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on May 6, 2024.
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A Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was rolled out from Boeing's Commercial Cargo and Processing Facility in the pre-dawn hours of April 16, 2024, past the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
NASA is targeting a May 2024 launch for the Crew Flight Test-1 (CFT-1) mission to the International Space Station with astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket will ferry the Boeing capsule on its historic first flight of the new, crewed spacecraft.
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 25, 2024, aboard a T-38 Talon jet for their next mission: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will ferry them in a Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule on its historic first crewed flight of the new spacecraft on May 6.
Williams and Wilmore will also be the first humans launched into space aboard an Atlas V rocket.
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NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams posed to a photo while greeting the media following their arrival at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a T-38 jet on April 25, 2024.
They flew in for a mission aboard the Boeing Starliner that will take them to the International Space Station.
That launch is set to depart from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 6, 2024.
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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was rolled out of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center to be transported to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 16, 2024.
Starliner is scheduled for its first crewed launch to the International Space Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket with NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on May 6, 2024.
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NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a T-38 jet on April 25, 2024.
They flew in for a mission aboard the Boeing Starliner that will take them to the International Space Station.
That launch is set to depart from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 6, 2024.
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore flew in the lead jet — a T-38 Talon — and landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 25, 2024, ahead of their next mission: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will ferry the Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule on its historic first crewed flight of the new spacecraft on May 6.
Williams and Wilmore will also be the first humans launched into space aboard an Atlas V rocket.
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke to the media at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 25, 2024, after arriving via T-38 jets.
The pair will fly on the Crew Flight Test-1 (CFT-1) mission to the International Space Station, set for May 6, 2024.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will ferry the Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule on its historic first crewed flight of the new spacecraft.
Wilmore and Williams will also be the first humans launched into space aboard an Atlas V rocket.
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams flew herself in a T-38 Talon jet to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 25, 2024.
She's there to next fly on the Crew Flight Test-1 (CFT-1) mission to the International Space Station, set for May 6.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will ferry the Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule on its historic first crewed flight of the new spacecraft.
Williams will also be one of the first humans launched into space aboard an Atlas V rocket.
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NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore and Pilot Suni Williams prepared to address the media after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a T-38 jet on April 25, 2024.
They flew in for a mission aboard the Boeing Starliner that will take them to the International Space Station.
That launch is set to depart from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 6, 2024.
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 25, 2024, in a T-38 Talon jet she piloted.
She's there for a mission aboard a Boeing Starliner that's headed to the International Space Station and set to launch on May 6, 2024.
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 25, 2024, in a T-38 Talon jet she piloted.
She's there for a mission aboard a Boeing Starliner that's headed to the International Space Station and set to launch on May 6, 2024.
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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule launched atop a rocket at dusk from the United Launch Alliance complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 19, 2022. This mission was unmanned.
