The postponement of the launch of the Starliner ship is associated with weather conditions

Now NASA and Boeing plan to launch the ship on August 3.

The launch of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner manned spacecraft could have been postponed due to weather conditions even before the Nauka module docked with the ISS. This was reported by a source in the rocket and space industry.

According to the agency’s interlocutor, according to the forecasters, on July 30, in the area of the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome, the probability of favorable weather conditions for the launch was 40%. “With such a probability, the launch of the Atlas V launch vehicle with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner manned spacecraft could be postponed even before an emergency situation onboard the International Space Station,” the source said.

According to the agency interlocutor, now NASA and Boeing plan to launch the ship in the next “window” – on August 3 at 17:20, and on August 4 to dock.

Earlier on Thursday, NASA announced the postponement of the Starliner launch scheduled for July 30 to the ISS. Then the transfer was associated with the unplanned activation of the engines of the Russian Nauka module after docking with the ISS.