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NASA to give status update as Boeing Starliner awaits departure from ISS
NASA Space Technology 1 of 2 | Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams (both dressed in blue) were welcomed June 6 aboard the International Space Station following a successful docking. Starliner launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on June 5 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. File NASA image/UPI | License PhotoJune 17 (UPI) -- NASA will join Boeing on Tuesday to review the repeatedly delayed Starliner mission and the craft's departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test.The 12 p.m. EDT pre-departure media teleconference will evaluate mission requirements and weather conditions at available landing locations in the southwestern U.S. "before committing to the spacecraft's departure from the orbiting laboratory," according to NASA.Starliner's return to Earth has been...
