As a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is being rolled back from Space Launch Complex 41 with the Boeings CST100 Starliner spacecraft aboard, it can be seen. This is to avoid inclement weather on Friday, July 30, 2021 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Just 24 hours after its arrival at the launch pad, Boeing's Starliner capsule left.Starliner and its United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket were rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station yesterday, July 29, to get ready for today's liftoff towards the International Space Station (July 30,).Today's planned launch was cancelled to allow space station managers to evaluate the impact of yesterday's unplanned thruster firings by Russia's Nauka module. NASA officials stated that a weekend liftoff was difficult to achieve due to scheduling conflicts on the Eastern Range. Starliner won't be able to lift off until Tuesday, August 3, at the latest.Live updates: Follow the Starliner OFT-2 mission of Boeing hereAnother view of Starliner and its Atlas V at their rollback on July 30, 2021. Image credit: NASA/Joel KowskyStarliner and its rocket ride were delayed by bad weather forecasts on the Space Coast and made the difficult trip back to their processing plant today.Representatives of ULA wrote today via Twitter that "for the protection and #AtlasV" and "to avoid inclement weather", they were returning to the Vertical Integration Facility, (VIF).Starliner's next launch will be Orbital Flight Test 2 ("OFT-2"), a critical uncrewed test flight towards the space station. In December 2019, Boeing had already attempted this mission. Starliner was unable to navigate correctly and got stuck in an incorrect orbit. It had to return to Earth, without ever meeting with the orbiting laboratory.If everything goes according to plan, Starliner could carry astronauts for first time. This milestone could be reached by the end, Boeing and NASA officials said.Starliner has been developed by Boeing using funding from NASA's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX was also awarded a similar deal. Elon Musk's company, using its Crew Dragon capsule to launch astronauts to NASA three times. It also used the Falcon 9 rocket and Falcon 9 rocket for two more operational missions.Crew-2, the most recent SpaceX mission, is currently underway. It was launched in April, and it is expected to be completed in November.
