Meet the experienced astronauts riding aboard Starliner’s historic first crewed launch on Saturday

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After multiple delays, the long-awaited inaugural crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner is ready for liftoff on Saturday - and the new spacecraft will carry a duo of experienced astronauts.

Boeing's Crew Flight Test mission is scheduled to launch at 12:25 p.m. ET from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If all goes according to plan, the mission will take NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station. After eight days, they return to Earth in ...