Boeing Co on Tuesday postponed the planned launch of its CST-100 Starliner capsule from Florida's Cape Canaveral bound for the International Space Station in what was to have been a crucial do-over test flight following a near-catastrophic failure during its 2019 debut.
"We're confirming today's #Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 launch is scrubbed," Boeing said on Twitter.
A Boeing spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.
The Starliner capsule loaded with supplies was scheduled to have blasted off atop an Atlas V rocket flown by the United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corp LMT.N , at 1:20 p.m. EDT (1720 GMT) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The launch had been planned for last Friday, but was postponed by NASA after the space station was briefly thrown out of control with seven crew members aboard, a mishap caused by the inadvertent reignition of jet thrusters on a newly docked Russian service module. Russia's space agency blamed a software glitch.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson; Editing by Will Dunham) ((Will.Dunham@thomsonreuters.com; 1 202 898 8300;))
