New Zealand will start their T20 WC campaign against Afghanistan in Guyana on June 7, with further Group C contests to follow with co-hosts West Indies, Uganda and Papua New Guinea.
"I'm very proud of the teams who have worked really hard the last two and a half weeks to prepare for launch," said Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program. "We're really ready to go fly" he said.
The T20 World Cup is taking place from June 1 to 29 in the West Indies and USA. Kiwis have been grouped in Group C along with West Indies, the two-time champions, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Uganda. Kiwis will start their campaign against Afghanistan on June 7.
Both Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore continue practicing in Starliner simulators and the crew that remains quarantined will fly back to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida closer to the new launch date, the space agency said.
Williams and fellow NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore are assigned to fly Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on a Atlas 5 rocket of the rocket company United Launch Alliance (ULA) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA announced on social media platform X that the problem was identified with an oxygen valve on part of ULA's Atlas 5 rocket and that the space agency, Boeing and ULA have "scrubbed the launch opportunity on May 6 for the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station
The duo will launch to space from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida in the first crewed test flight of Starliner. The flight, if it succeeds will become the second private firm being able to provide crew transport to and from the ISS. Boeing's competitor Elon Musk's SpaceX was
The upcoming musical by Michel Gondry and Pharrell Williams for Universal Pictures has gained another star, Janelle Monae, as per The Hollywood Reporter.
New Zealand named their 15-player squad for the ninth edition of the 20-over T20 World Cup on Monday, with the Black Caps opting for an experienced squad that includes Williamson and fast bowling duo Tim Southee and Trent Boult.