First crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft scrubbed as another delay hits historic mission

The launch of Boeing Co.’s Starliner was scrubbed just minutes before what would have been the first crewed flight of the spacecraft Saturday, marking the latest in a series of delays for the historic mission.

The spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, was scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 12:25 p.m. Eastern time. But a computer-controlled hold was implemented at T-minus 3 minutes and 50 seconds…