LIVE: A new spacecraft is set to launch for the first time with crew: @NASA_Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams! Liftoff of @Boeing #Starliner's Crew Flight Test aboard a @ulalaunch Atlas V is targeted for 10:34 pm ET(0234 UTC May 7). twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1BRJjPvrEjpKw

From the pad and into space and back! 🚀💫   This is the first flight of the NASA Boeing Starliner spacecraft. We are ready to fly the NASA Boeing Crew Flight Test!!   Liftoff is targeted for 10:34pm ET with live coverage starting at 6:30pm ET. pic.twitter.com/pegZtpdLwV

"More crew means more science!" NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will conduct two human research experiments during this test flight to gather data to inform the design and procedures of future flights. pic.twitter.com/APLM0WUyeT

Great story here from @StephenClark1 on what it's like to fly a new spacecraft for the first time. Includes comments from Bob Crippen! arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/spacex-got-the-fanfare-but-boeings-first-crew-flight-is-still-historic/