In the spirit of transparency, and as Boeing shares in NASA’s goal to launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil, CST-100 Starliner Program Manager John Mulholland talked with reporters February 28 about what the team learned from the late 2019 Orbital Flight Test. Click above to hear the whole media conference. Boeing recently […]
Mission Updates
Statement on Independent Review Team Recommendations for the Starliner Orbital Flight Test Anomalies
We accept and appreciate the recommendations of the jointly led NASA-Boeing Independent Review Team (IRT) as well as suggestions from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel following Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test (OFT). Their insights are invaluable to the Commercial Crew Program and we will work with NASA to comprehensively apply their recommendations. Regarding the Mission Elapsed […]
Starliner Teams Analyzing Orbital Flight Test Data as Preparations Continue for Next Flight
Boeing and NASA are nearing the conclusion of detailed evaluations on how each Starliner system performed during last month’s Orbital Flight Test (OFT). This process is separate from the joint Boeing-NASA independent review team investigating the mission clock anomaly that precluded docking with the International Space Station. The thorough data analysis, which is part of […]
Starliner Arrives Back in Florida, Teams Hard at Work in 2020
On Wednesday, January 8, the Starliner that flew the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test returned safely to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After launching from Cape Canaveral on December 20, 2019, and landing at the White Sands Missile Range on December 22, the Starliner was recovered and prepared for shipment across the country, and […]
Starliner Begins Transport Back to Kennedy Space Center
Starliner has left New Mexico en route to Florida where the spacecraft will be further evaluated and processed at the Starliner Production Factory ahead of upcoming missions to the International Space Station. After a successful landing and recovery at the conclusion of the spacecraft’s first orbital flight test, Starliner was moved into the Flight Test […]
Starliner Data Collected Ahead of Spacecraft Move
Engineers and technicians are conducting closer studies of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as they recover data from onboard systems and begin preparing the vehicle for its return to Florida, where it will be readied for a future crewed mission to the International Space Station. The same teammates who packed Starliner for its Orbital Flight Test […]