Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is back: How to watch Tuesday's launch

Tuesday's launch is seen as critical for Boeing after the Starliner's 2019 flop.

After a very public flop in 2019, Boeing's chance at redemption for its Starliner spacecraft is finally here. The second test flight for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Florida coast on Tuesday at 1:20 p.m. ET, after a launch attempt last week was scrubbed due to an unplanned thruster-firing incident on the International Space Station. The first Starliner launch in December 2019 famously did not go as planned, and the spacecraft never reached the ISS. NASA will carry live coverage of the uncrewed mission as it is a part of NASA's Commercial Crew program, in which the space agency tapped the private sector to help with missions in low-Earth orbit. Live coverage of the Starliner launch will commence on NASA's website and social media handles at 12:30 p.m. ET. On Monday, the Starliner spacecraft and a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket were rolled out onto the launch pad at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of Tuesday's liftoff. Meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron are predicting a 60% chance of favorable weather for launch day.