GO for launch! The final readiness polls are complete and ULA Launch Director Tom Heter III has given permission to launch the #AtlasV rocket with #Starliner. Watch the liftoff at 10:52:15amEDT (1452:15 UTC) bit.ly/av_cft

The joint ULA-Boeing Blue Team assisted the astronauts into #Starliner, closed the hatch and performed leak checks. The Crew Access Arm and White Room are now configured for the countdown to proceed to today's 10:52:15amEDT (1452:15 UTC) launch of #CFT. bit.ly/av_cft

The ULA launch team is authorized to begin cryogenic propellant loading operations as today's #AtlasV countdown proceeds without a hitch. Weather is 90% favorable to launch the @BoeingSpace #Starliner on the Crew Flight Test (#CFT) for @NASA's @Commercial_Crew at 10:52amEDT (1452…

#Starliner Crew Flight Test is now targeted to launch June 5 at 10:52 a.m. ET. Learn more about @ulalaunch’s work at the launch pad: starlinerupdates.com/nasa-mission-p… 📸: ULA

We're less than an hour away from the launch of ULA's Atlas V rocket to begin the Starliner Crew Flight Test. Liftoff remains at 12:25 p.m. EDT (1625 UTC). Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=XxPahO…

ULA is using a specialized version of #AtlasV to launch #Starliner. It is distinguished by two side-mounted solid-fuel boosters, a Dual Engine Centaur upper stage and a Launch Vehicle Adapter with aeroskirt. The rocket stands 172 feet tall and weighs 979,000 pounds at launch.

Hear @Astro_Suni explain #Starliner's zero gravity indicator. "Calypso" will ride in the spacecraft and float when weightlessness is achieved. It symbolizes the spirit of exploration and parallels between the deep sea and the uncharted wonders in space waiting to be discovered.

We are now exactly three hours away from liftoff. Blue Team operations continue to progress smoothly at the pad and the astronauts just arrived at Space Launch Complex-41 to board #Starliner atop #AtlasV. bit.ly/av_cft

#NASA #Boeing #ULA #Starliner - And the infamous "card game" is underway. Will play until the CDR (Butch Wilmore) loses, the point is to take away any bad luck for the mission, can see chief astronaut Joe Acaba along w/ Sunni Willams and Butch Wilmore here plenty of time baked in

Check out the #Starliner Crew Flight Test mission overview to understand each stage of today's @Commercial_Crew journey to @Space_Station.

Butch & @Astro_Suni, Atlas V is poised to take you to space 🚀❤️  ULA live updates for the #AtlasV #Starliner #CFT launch begin now!  🔗 bit.ly/av_cft

Our teams and @ulalaunch have started rolling #Starliner out of the Vertical Integration Facility and back to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 for the Crew Flight Test.

Welcome, ULA 2024 summer interns! This week, college students, representing a diverse set of educational studies, started internships at ULA facilities across the country. We will have 95 interns joining us this summer. We can't wait to see all the amazing things you do over the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

So ULA is investigating using a *giant* airship to transport rockets to Cape Canaveral and/or Vandenberg. I have to imagine this would act in a more supplemental use case in addition to Rocketship and Spaceship, but still pretty cool nonetheless!

So ULA is investigating using a *giant* airship to transport rockets to Cape Canaveral and/or Vandenberg. I have to imagine this would act in a more supplemental use case in addition to Rocketship and Spaceship, but still pretty cool nonetheless!