Boeing's contract with NASA requires missions through Starliner-6. The first three missions are "in the process of being built", Nappi said, while the last three missions have nearly all parts in stock. (A selection of parts are on order.) Atlas V launch vehicles are all being readied fo...
Assuming that there are no further technical delays and that weather is favorable on the day, Starliner will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. If all goes well Boeing will be one vital step close...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose ahead of the launch of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on April 25, 2024. NASA has decided to bring Boeing's Starliner back ...
After a series of recent delays, NASA and Boeing Space are now aiming to perform the first crewed launch of the Starliner spacecraft on Saturday, June 1. The decision to target June follows a series of launch postponements over the last month. On May 6, for example, a launch attempt...
Starliner will now undock in early September and attempt to return on autopilot. The two astronauts are set to return in February on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft which is due to launch next month as part of a routine astronaut rotation mission. ...
NASAsaysthat the flight will go ahead at the end of this year “pending hardware readiness, flight software qualification, and launch vehicle and space station manifest priorities.” The test flight will see the Starliner launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, with the aim to re...
It’s also worth noting that despite the fact SpaceX elected to perform an extra abort test that will likely destroy an entire Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon development will cost NASA $2 billion (40%) less than Starliner, while each operational Crew Dragon launch will also cost some $250 ...
“We are continuing to understand the capabilities of Starliner to prepare for the long-term goal of having it perform a six-month docked mission at the space station,” said Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. “The crew will perform additional hatch operations to better...
Seventy-one days after launch, NASA finally nears a decision on whether Boeing's Starliner will return to Earth with, or without, a crew.
Starliner inspections are underway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, with post-flight reviews of data set to begin this week. “We’re a long way from saying, ‘Hey, we’re writing off Boeing,’” NASA’s associate administrator Jim Free said at a pre-launch briefing. The arrival of t...