[…] As previously reported by AmericaSpace, Wilmore and Williams—both retired U.S. Navy captains, veteran ISS commanders and seasoned shuttle and Soyuz flyers—launched atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during an “instantaneous” window at 10:52:15 a.m. EDT on 5 June. It was the third attempt to get the long-delayed CFT mission airborne, following a scrub on the evening of 6 May due to a faulty oxygen relief valve on the Dual-Engine Centaur (DEC) upper stage and a Ground Support Equipment (GSE) issue that cropped up less than four minutes prior to liftoff on 1 June. […]
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