Boeing's Starliner capsule heads to launch pad for May certification mission

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approach to talk to the media as Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approach to talk to the media as Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approach to talk to the media as Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approach to talk to the media as Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Astronauts pose for pictures with Boeing’s Starliner capsule as it rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Astronaut Suni Williams is photographed in the front seat of the transport as Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

Spectators watch as Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolls out of its facility at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024. The capsule is being transported to Launch Complex 41 where it will be mated to an Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch May 6. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK