Watch Boeing's Starliner capsule launch abort test at 9AM ET – Engadget, Engadget

        

Boeing’sCST – 100 Starliner capsuleis about to take a step closer toward taking people to orbit, and you can watch this step unfold first-hand. NASA and Boeing arestreaminglive coverage of the Starliner’s pad abort test on November 4th at 9AM Eastern. Likesimilar tests, the New Mexico dry run will verify whether the vessel can safely jettison itself (and importantly, astronauts) away from its host rocket if there’s an emergency before liftoff. The four launch abort engines and control thrusters will lift the spacecraft roughly a mile above the ground and a mile north of the test platform.