Boeing's Starliner capsule being mated to its service module ahead of the upcoming launch Boeing/John Proferes On December 20, 2019, Starliner roared into the skies above Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on its maiden mission to near-Earth orbit. However, the historic occasion, which was years...
" Stich said, referring to Starliner-1's expected launch date. NASA and Boeing managers will spend the intervening months examining the flight performance, to see if CFT's interim human rating certification can be extended to Starliner-1.
But before Crew-9 can launch, the Starliner needs to return to Earth for more testing and fixing, so it can free up a docking port on the station for the Dragon. NASA has not yet announced a date for this departure, but it will need to be in the next few weeks to make room for ...
The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to be flown on Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test (OFT) is viewed Nov. 2, 2019, while undergoing launch preparations inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the OFT mission, the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft...
NO.1 Boeing Starliner to conduct manned test flight on June 5th On June 2nd, local time, NASA and Boeing announced that they plan to re-attempt to launch the Boeing Starliner spacecraft on June 5th for a manned test flight. The Starliner spacecraft's manned test flight mission was canceled...
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Crew Flight Test approaches the International Space Station while orbiting 263 miles above Quebec, Canada, on June 6. Credit: NASA Astronaut Activities and Objectives NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who are serving as Starliner’s crew for...
Seventy-one days after launch, NASA finally nears a decision on whether Boeing's Starliner will return to Earth with, or without, a crew.
Known as Crew Dragon’s In-Flight Abort (IFA) test, SpaceX opted to include the mission in its Commercial Crew contract, a decision NASA chose to leave up to its providers. Boeing, for example, chose not to perform a real-world in-flight abort test of its Starliner spacecraft, instead...
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