With the intravehicular activity (IVA) hatch closed and leak checks now complete, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in a good configuration to return home on May 25. Expedition 67 crew members Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines closed the IVA hatch on Starliner at 3:00 p.m. ET in preparation for undocking. During a farewell ceremony, the […]
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Starliner Prepares to Close Hatch
After four days docked at the International Space Station, Starliner’s hatch will soon be closed as it’s prepared to return back to Earth. The Expedition 67 crew has been floating in and out of Starliner all morning, performing interior closeout work prior to hatch closure planned for 1:55 […]
Docked flight test objectives wrapping up
International Space Station (ISS) astronauts today began unloading Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner cargo and stowing the materials in their places inside the orbiting laboratory. Although astronauts practiced the work on Earth, they will go through some of the best moving experiences available since the cargo bags weigh nothing on orbit. That gives them the ability to […]
Astronauts Open Starliner Hatch to ISS
Floating inside the Harmony module, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) opened the hatch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and moved inside to become the first people to enter the spacecraft on orbit. Starliner docked to the ISS yesterday afternoon to complete a major milestone of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) for the uncrewed […]
ISS Astronauts Prepare to Open Starliner Hatch
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will open the hatch to Starliner for the first time this morning as the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) for the Boeing spacecraft continues. The hatch opening will take place at about 11:30 a.m. ET and will be seen on NASA TV and at www.nasa.gov/live. The crew also […]
Starliner Docks to the International Space Station for the First Time
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time today as the two vehicles orbited about 250 miles above Earth. The docking showed that the spacecraft can effectively execute a rendezvous and docking with the ISS. Starliner will be able to complete this action repeatedly as it takes crews […]