The Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is now targeted to launch in April 2023, a window Boeing and NASA agree is the optimal timeframe for the International Space Station visiting vehicle schedule. “We understand our customer must consider the needs of the International Space Station in scheduling the certification flight of a […]
Mission Updates
NASA, Boeing Prepare for Crew Flight Test
NASA and Boeing are targeting an early February 2023 launch for the first CST-100 Starliner flight with astronauts to the International Space Station. Preparations are underway for the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) as teams work to ready the hardware, crew, and mission support teams for flight as part of NASA’s Commercial […]
Starliner arrives back at Kennedy Space Center
After a cross-country journey through six U.S. states, the CST-100 Starliner arrived at Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 8. Starliner’s homecoming is the culmination of the spacecraft spending six days in space, autonomously docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, as […]
Starliner returns to Kennedy Space Center for future flight
After a successful uncrewed flight test, Starliner’s reusable crew module heads to the factory for re-flight prep. Starliner is on the move again, crossing six states on its way back to Florida from where it landed in New Mexico. With the “Rosie the Rocketeer” anthropometric test device in the commander seat, the CST-100 Starliner capsule […]
A Look Ahead for Starliner
With the NASA-Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) now complete and the CST-100 Starliner having achieved all flight test objectives, the team’s focus and attention now turns to the future. The next time Starliner flies, it will be carrying crew to and from the International Space Station, so every part of the flight test has been […]
Starliner Lands, Successfully Completing OFT-2
At 6:49 p.m. ET, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft landed at its designated landing zone at the White Sands Space Harbor on the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Starliner completed all of its deorbit, reentry and landing maneuvers, bringing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to a successful conclusion. Recovery teams are commencing their […]