CNN reported that late on Saturday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) declared that the highly anticipated launch of the Boeing Starliner’s maiden crewed flight has been postponed.

On Sunday, at 12:25 p.m. ET, NASA’s seasoned astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams were supposed to finally launch into space aboard an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Nevertheless, the countdown clock stopped at three minutes and fifty seconds before liftoff due to an automatic hold that was initiated by the computer that launches the rocket.

They were taken out of the capsule safely and taken back to the crew quarters.

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Although Wednesday at 10:52 a.m. ET is the next opportunity to launch, NASA disclosed that mission teams have not yet decided whether to try to launch the spacecraft at that time.

The director of NASA’s commercial crew program, Steve Stich, expressed his disappointment with the delay.

“Butch and Suni were eager to take off, and we were all excited too. This is essentially how space travel operates. You have the opportunity to scrub every time you go to the pad for a crewed flight, or really any flight.”

The spacecraft has never flown with people on board.

This is why both Nasa and Boeing have repeatedly emphasised that they would proceed with caution and would not proceed with the mission until they ensured safety.