(CNN) — The long-awaited launch of the Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station is now scheduled for this Saturday, June 1, after NASA and Boeing teams agreed to go ahead. According to a NASA statement, liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner was last scheduled for Saturday, May 25, but was canceled the week before after Boeing reported a helium leak.
“NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Kennedy on May 28 and will be quarantined in the Neil A. Armstrong Payments and Operations Building until Saturday's launch,” NASA says. “The crew was previously isolated in Houston as teams worked to resolve several problems with the rocket and spacecraft since the aborted initial launch attempt on May 6.”
NASA says there are more launch dates, including Sunday, June 2, Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6.
A press conference ahead of the launch is scheduled for this Friday at 1:00 p.m.
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