NASA and Boeing teams continue to conduct training and testing ahead of the Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT), scheduled to launch in April 2023 to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. For the crewed flight test, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from […]
Mission Updates
NASA, Boeing adjust Starliner Crew Flight Test launch date
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 […]
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 […]