operating a space station requires astronauts. they are doing science up there. there is a lot of return on investment just from the science and the engineering lessons that we re learning in space there. bill: let s go, go, go. we have a good story here and thank you for being part of it. want to go to john down there in space coast and what it looked like. what did it feel like, jonathan? this was a very smooth launch and i m glad you asked that because when you see a rocket launch up close, it is not just the look but the feel. the rocket is just so loud and the rumble so deep that you can feel it in your chest. in fact, several car alarms in the press center parking lot at kennedy space center went off during the launch. a flawless, beautiful launch as we watched that rocket rise and then disappear up into the clouds. now the spacecraft, of course, is made by boeing but the rocket
is made and run by ula, united launch alliance, a separate company that represents a joint venture between boeing and lockheed martin. ordinarily if this were an uncrude spacecraft that ula atlas five rocket would have taken star liner all the way up to orbit but because it is a new spacecraft with humans on board, the ula rocket is taking its sub or bital and star liner does the rest of it to go into orbit. bill: thank you, jonathan. nice to see you in florida. dana: fun to be here for these launchs. i hold my breath. thanks for being with us. harris faulkner is next. harris: we begin with a fox news alert. hunter biden back in court for day three of his federal gun
spaceship with astronauts onboard. the mission is years behind schedule. tom costello is at the kennedy space center. and tom, they also had to scrub just last month. reporter: that s right. may 6th they had to scrub because of a helium leak in the rocket made by united launch alliance. not boeing s problem. but then today another problem with united launch alliance rocket. the astronauts was strapped in, supny, butch, ready to go, and then a t-minus 3 minutes and 50 second, suddenly the computer stopped the launch. engineers now believe they have a hardware problem with the launch commuter with the ula rocket. they re going to try again on wednesday according to nasa as they work this problem. if they get it up, it ll be the first time astronauts have been on that boeing starliner spaceship. jose? thank you. now to fallout from donald trump s first conviction. the first polls are in what impact it could have on the
space station. the mission, already years behind schedule, repeatedly grounded by software glitches, fuel valve, and parachute problems on both the boeing spacecraft and the ula rocket. what do you tell anyone out there who s losing faith in this mission? the vehicles were ready. we just happened to have you know an unlucky ground card problem. so we ll fly when we re ready, and it should be soon. reporter: the next launch window is next wednesday. nasa awarding boeing more than $4 billion to get this mission off the ground and carry astronauts back and forth to the international space station. it has cost boeing nearly $1.5 billion of its own money. whit. next tonight, live nation, the parent company of ticketmaster confirming it was hit by a cyber attack. the user data of hundreds of millions of people now
ahead to get a little break from the severe weather. we ll take that break. now to what turned out to be another disappointing and expensive day for boeing. its highly anticipated starliner launch scrubbed with just minutes to go, the crew already on board and ready. the delay blamed on a computer problem, which is not under boeing s control. reporter: tonight, new problems for boeing s starliner mission. moments after the spacecraft was cleared for the historic launch hold, hold, hold. reporter: the liftoff scrubbed with less than four minutes left on the clock. commander butch wilmore had even delivered a heartfelt farewell speech. we are one nation under god, indivisible, and when together, we together use the power of that combination, we can do some pretty amazing things. reporter: the launch, derailed by a computer problem with the ula rocket that carries the boeing spacecraft. this was the starliner s second attempt in a month to send humans to the international