'Initiate our scrub and recycle operation': Boeing abandons Starliner launch

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Boeing called off its first astronaut launch, ferrying two NASA test pilots to the International Space Station, because of a valve problem on its Starliner capsule.  But if engineers find a solution quickly, another countdown could be expected in the next 24-hours.

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00:00Boeing's Starlight Space Capsule launch was called off this week as technical difficulties

00:08thwarted the aircraft during countdown.

00:11Two NASA test pilots were strapped in for the International Space Station bound mission

00:16when it was aborted.

00:18A noisy valve means Starlight remains in the stratosphere for now.

00:23Good things are worth waiting for and we'll get a chance to see that rocket and spacecraft

00:28lift off the pad here soon.

00:30If a fix is found, the spacecraft could shoot for the stars again as early as Tuesday night.

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