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news hello everyone. thanks for joining me. i m alison camera was triggered with less than four minutes until launch. the computer that launches the rocket stop the countdown clock now officials are racing to learn why both astronauts are now back at crew quarters after leaving the capsule, a short time ago joining us now from the kennedy space center is cnn space and defense correspondent kristin fisher so kristinn obviously this is not the news that nasa or boeing wanted today. what happened? we just don t know yet and we re going to find out hopefully quite a bit more during a press conference that nasa, boeing, and the united launch alliance have called, which is set to start in exactly one hour. now, all we know right now is that there was an issue with the ground launch sequencer and that is the computer that s responsible for launching this rocket. it s essentially an automated process. once you get down that close to lift off and there was some kind of probl ....
Responsible for the united of the boeing starliner spacecraft. this is the atlas rocket get, which propels the starliner spacecraft into space. it s operated by the united launch alliance, which is all to why they re responsible for this ground launch sequencer, which is where problem was today. but yes, alice and definitely a bit of a bummer for boeing, nasa, the astronauts that were inside every buddy involved. but really important to remember that scrubs are so common in space i can t tell you how many launches i ve been to that our scrubs especially for a first crewed test flight, the mantra at nasa is we don t. launch until we re ready. and so this is fairly routine. i m sad to say. but what does not underscore or undermine all the many issues and challenges that boeing has faced leading up to this moment. it had so many technical issues and so many engines nearing problems with this ....